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Still there are no front legs yet, but at last these come too. STILL THERE ARE NO FRONT LEGS YET BUT AT LAST THESE COME TOO
bout it.” “Go on,” said Tommy Smith, “I should like to hear very much.” “In the nice warm weather,” the frog continued, “we hop about the country, and then we like to come into gardens. But in the winter we go to ponds and ditches and bury ourselves in the mud at the bottom, and go to sleep there. In the early spring, when the weather begins to get a little warmer, we come up again, and then the mother frog lays a lot of eggs, which float about in the water, and look like a great ball of jelly. After a time, out of each egg there comes a tiny little brown thing, and directly it comes out, it begins to swim about in the water, as well as if it had had swimming lessons, although, of course, it has never had any. It soon grows bigger, and then you can see that it has a large round head and a long tail, but you cannot see any legs. But, as it goes on growing, a small pair of hind legs come out, one on each side of the tail, and then every day the tail gets smaller and the hind legs larger. FROGS AND IF YOU LISTEN I WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT GO ON SAID TOMMY SMITH I SHOULD LIKE TO HEAR VERY MUCH IN NICE WARM WEATHER THE FROG CONTINUED WE HOP ABOUT THE COUNTRY AND THEN WE LIKE TO COME INTO GARDENS BUT IN THE WINTER WE GO TO PONDS AND DITCHES AND BURY OURSELVES IN THE MUD AT THE BOTTOM AND GO TO SLEEP THERE IN THE EARLY SPRING WHEN THE WEATHER BEGINS TO GET A LITTLE WARMER WE COME UP AGAIN AND THEN THE MOTHER FROG LAYS A LOT OF EGGS WHICH FLOAT ABOUT IN THE WATER AND LOOK LIKE A GREAT BALL OF JELLY AFTER A TIME OUT OF EACH EGG THERE COMES A TINY LITTLE BROWN THING AND DIRECTLY IT COMES OUT IT BEGINS TO SWIM ABOUT IN THE WATER AS WELL AS IF IT HAD HAD SWIMMING LESSONS ALTHOUGH OF COURSE IT HAS NEVER HAD ANY IT SOON GROWS BIGGER AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAS A LARGE ROUND HEAD AND A LONG TAIL BUT YOU CANNOT SEE ANY LEG BUT AS IT GOES ON GROWING A SMALL PAIR OF HIND LEGS COME OUT ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE TAIL AND THEN EVERY DAY THE TAIL GETS SMALLER AND THE HIND LEGS LARGER
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