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TABrOLE 



The eggs may usually be found some time in April. The 

 earlier warm weather comes, the earlier frogs and toads lay 

 their eggs. You may mistake fishes' eggs for frogs' eggs. 

 The eggs of fish are colorless or white ; the eggs of toads and 

 frogs are brown or black. 



Stages in the Life of Tadpoles 



Tadpoles. — Tadpoles seem to be the heads of toads without 

 their bodies. Look up the word tadpole in the dictionary, and 

 see from what two old words it comes. 



A young tadpole breathes by gills, like a fish, but as it grows 



