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Mr. Frog: I eat insects mostly. 



Little Boy : And you, Mr. Toad? 



Mr. Toad: I eat insects too. See me catch this hug. 



Little Boy: All I saw was a dark streak. 



Mr. Toad : Yes, I am very quick about it. My tongue is fastened 

 at the front of my mouth. 



Little Boy : What do you do when the North Wind blows? 



Mr. Frog : I burrow deep down in the mud of the pond. 



Mr.ToAD: And I burrow into the earth, beneath a stone some- 

 times, and sleep all winter long. 



Mr. Frog: You would never know we were cousins, would you, 

 little boy? 



Little Boy : No, indeed. Mr. Frog is green like the grass and 

 Mr. Toad looks like a grey stone. Why is that? 



Mr. Frog: Shut your eyes and we'll show you. 



Mr. Toad sits down beside a stone. Mr. Frog hides under green 

 leaf. 



Mr. Frog: Already now. 



Little Boy : (Opening his eyes) Why, where are you? 



Mr. Frog: Crroak! Cr-r-r-oak! ! 



Mr. Toad gives a queer Httle squeak. 



Little Boy : Oh yes, now I see you both. How well you can play 

 hide-and-seek! 



Mother: (CalHng from stage entrance) Ro-bert! ! Ro-bert! .' 



Little Boy: That's Mother calling me to supper. I must go 

 now. Good-bye, Mr. Frog. Good-bye, Mr. Toad. 



Mr. Frog : Good-bye, Little Boy. Come and see me again some 

 day. 



Mr. Toad : Good-bye. Tonight you may see me in the garden, if 



you look close^ 



Exit all 



Teacher's Note — This play may be given by third grade children after a 

 Nature-Study lesson on the frog and toad. It may well be left very largely to 

 the children as to how much and in what order the story shall be acted out. It 

 may easily be adapted for higher grades; or for second grade children, by 

 cutting out some of the conversation. 



