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"I don't want to do that," said Tommy Smith; "so, if what you say is true"— "You can find it in a natural history book, if you look," said the frog; "but I ought to know best myself. And I can tell you this, that when a frog speaks to a little boy, he always speaks the truth." I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT SAID TOMMY SMITH SO IF WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE YOU CAN FIND IT IN A NATURAL HISTORY BOOK IF YOU LOOK SAID THE FROG BUT I OUGHT TO KNOW BEST MYSELF AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS THAT WHEN A FROG SPEAKS TO A LITTLE BOY HE ALWAYS SPEAKS THE TRUTH
I not told you that I eat slugs and insects, and do you not know that slugs and insects eat the leaves of the flowers and vegetables in your garden? Have you never seen your father or his gardener pouring something over his rose-trees to kill the insects upon them? Now, I eat a great many insects in a single night, and I am only _one_ of the frogs in your garden. There are others there besides me. If we were all to be killed, your father would find it much more difficult to have nice roses, and he would lose other flowers too, for there are insects which do harm to all of them. As for the slugs, if you will go out some night with a lantern, you may see them feeding on some of the handsomest plants, with your own eyes. That is to say, unless one of us frogs has been there; for if we have, you will not see any. Then you have seen caterpillars feeding on the cabbages. Well, _I_ feed on those caterpillars. So always remember that the boy who kills a frog, does harm to his father’s garden.” A VERY IGNORANT ONE HAVE I NOT TOLD YOU THAT I EAT SLUGS AND INSECTS AND DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT SLUGS AND INSECTS EAT THE LEAVES OF THE FLOWERS AND THE VEGETABLES IN YOUR GARDEN HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN YOUR FATHER OR HIS GARDENER POURING SOMETHING OVER HIS ROSE TREES TO KILL THE INSECTS UPON THEM NOW I EAT A GREAT MANY INSECTS IN A SINGLE NIGHT AND I AM ONLY ONE OF THE FROGS IN YOUR GARDEN THERE ARE OTHERS THERE BESIDE ME IF WE WERE ALL TO BE KILLED YOUR FATHER WOULD FIND IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO HAVE NICE ROSES AND HE WOULD LOSE OTHER FLOWERS TOO FOR THERE ARE INSECTS WHICH DO HARM TO ALL OF THEM AS FOR THE SLUGS IF YOU WILL GO OUT SOME NIGHT WITH A LANTERN YOU MAY SEE THEM FEEDING ON SOME OF THE HANDSOMEST PLANTS WITH YOUR OWN EYES THAT IS TO SAY UNLESS ONE OF US FROGS HAS BEEN THERE FOR IF WE HAVE YOU WILL NOT SEE ANY THEN YOU HAVE SEEN CATERPILLARS FEEDING ON THE CABBAGES WHILE I FEED ON THOSE CATERPILLARS SO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THE BOY WHO KILLS A FROG DOES HARM TO HIS FATHER'S GARDEN
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