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and never even see their children. Disgusting! Don't you speak 

 to any of those people if you meet them. They aren't fit tor 

 you to associate with!" And off hops Mrs. Surinam Toad, with 

 her nose very high in the air, 



Well, that is all very fine, certainly. But now let us see hovv 

 Mrs. Toad herself takes care of her family. She considers herself 



a model mother, and ^__^,^^,_ „ - 



HO She is; l)ut .she "H^ ^7^^^ j^^' T^^' '^ £ , 



coukl not do mucli ' ' - * 



Avithout Mr. Toad'.s 

 help. She 

 eo-o's 1)\' the 

 ofth 



oad 



up, 



holes in his Avife's broad back. 

 Every cell receives its egg^, 

 iiid then is shut down with a 

 kind of lid, or flap, which fits 

 (^uite closely. When the eggs 

 ire all put away INIr. Toad's 

 task is done, and he goes off 



to amuse himself; and Mrs. Toad hops slowly about, or sits quietly 

 bhnking in a dark corner, waiting for the eggs to hatch. 



In due time out of each little q^% comes a tadpole with a round 

 body and a wriggling tail. To tell the truth they look very much 



