FINDING NATURE’S TREASURES 
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Frog lays them in that jelly to protect them before they 
hatch.” 
“What do the babies look like?” asked Bess. 
“Don't you see those little things wriggling through 
the water?” answered Uncle Jack. “Those are baby 
frogs. They are called tadpoles. Catch one!” 
But that was not as easy as it looked. The tadpoles 
darted here and there. 
“I have one,” cried Fred. “It is a queer little thing 
with a round body and long tail. I see two eyes and a 
mouth, but it does not have a head nor any legs.” 
“It uses that little round mouth to eat the green moss 
