The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 172
er, my hind legs began tosprout, and then my front legs. My teeth came,and I had to rise to the surface to breathe the air,for I was beginning to have lungs. My front legs came first, remarked the Toad.And I have no teeth. And then my tail dropped away, and I becamea clever, little, cold-blooded… … A CAT TAIL Oh, see, grandpa. Oh, just look there ! Meow ! meow ! What can it be ?Said grandpapa: I do declare, That s our ancestral tree !361 362 LISTENING TO BEASTS AND BIRDS than I am, so much darker in color. And whata very wide mouth you have! My eyes are large and beautiful, answeredthe Toad…
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