THE FROG AND TOAD. 
It was very wet all day ; the rain came down very 
fast, and did not once stop till it was late in the 
day: then the sun came out, and it was very warm. 
The path was damp, but it was fine over head, and 
even hot, so I went out for a walk I had not been 
far when I met a Frog ; it was a very big one, and 
took a leap from one side of the walk slap into a 
pond that was near, and then swam away ! It was 
as much at home in the pond as on the path. The 
Frog lays its eggs in a pond ; when it has just come 
out of the egg, it is all head and tail, it has no feet 
then, and can not live on land. Its food is duck 
