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Toby the Peron’s Tree Frog
By Helen Allen
Just how did I go from Tobes the Tadpole to Toby
the frog?
Tobes Toby
In the beginning Father frog calls at the side of the
pond; “cra, cra, ah, ah, ah, ahhk” (very fast, like a
machine gun).
He is searching for a Mother frog.
Soon Mother frog and Father frog get together.
Mother frog lays a lot of eggs in the water, including one
that becomes me.
This is me in the egg
Father frog makes a foam so that the eggs float on the
water.
Can you see us growing in the eggs?
In a few days I have a tail.
We wriggle around in the egg sack. Yippee, this is the
way we learn to swim, tumbling, tumbling, over and
over.
Gradually, I grow into a tiny tadpole. I have eyes, a
mouth and a tail.
Then I hatch out of my egg and I can swim in the big
pool. I have some yummy yolk left to eat. I am still rather
fragile.
In another seven days I am able to swim with friends
and we eat algae.
I am covered with skin, not like fish that have scales. My
teeth are coming through; even though they are very tiny
they can grate food and make it easy to digest.
It is great now I have made new friends and we swim
around together in a school, just like girls and boys go to
school. We do have a lot of fun in the pool swimming and
learning new things.
But just how did I get to be a frog from such a little
tadpole?
In six weeks with lots to eat, I have grown little hind legs.
My body is getting longer and my head is easy to see
now. Food is more interesting, a mixture of insects and
plants.
Then my arms start to grow inside. First they are just
a bulge then eventually they pop out, with an elbow
first.
Some more weeks go by and I need to learn how to
swim with legs as my tail starts to disappear.
By twelve weeks I have changed even more. My tail is a
stub and I think I am starting to look like a teeny version
of Mum and Dad. I am no longer a tadpole, now I am a
froglet.
It is time to move from the water and explore ErinEarth.
Little frogs like to hide in the grass around a pond; it is
hard to see them sometimes. But when the weather is
nice and the air moist, they sing a great chorus of song
“cra, ah, ah, cra, ahhk”.
Now after all the changes I am a frog, and such a fine
looking character.
In the next few weeks I must find a girl frog and raise
some new frogs, and the cycle will start all over
again.
When you visit ErinEarth, see if you can find me.
The End
An ErinEarth
Adventure
© 2013 Helen Allen and the Trustees of the Presentation Sisters Text: Helen Allen Photographs: ErinEarth Volunteers Background: Sophie Cooper
This book is for Kindergarten to Year 2.
ErinEarth 1 Kildare Street Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650 Australia
Ph: (02) 6925 7150 email: erinearthwagga@ozemail.com.au
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