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Then Toad took the list from his pocket again. He crossed out:
Just then there was a strong wind. It blew the list out of Toad’s hand. The list flew high up into the air.
“Help!” cried Toad. “My list is flying away! What will I do now without my list?”
“Hurry!” said Frog. “We will run and catch it.”
“No!” cried Toad. “I cannot do that.”
“Why not?” asked Frog.
“Because,” cried Toad, “it was not on my list of things to do!”
Frog ran after the list. He ran and ran, but the list flew and flew.
At last Frog came back to Toad.
“I am sorry,” said Frog, “but I could not catch your list.”
“Oh, no,” said Toad. “I cannot remember the things that were on my list of things to do. Now I will just sit here and do nothing.”
Toad sat and did nothing. Frog sat with him.
After a long time Frog said, “Toad, it is dark. We should go to sleep now.”
“Go to sleep!” cried Toad. “That was the last thing on my list!”
Toad wrote on the ground with a stick:
Then he crossed out:
“Good,” said Toad. “Now my day is all crossed out!”
“I am glad,” said Frog.
Then Frog and Toad went to sleep.
The Garden
Frog was in his garden. Toad came to visit.
“What a nice garden you have, Frog,” he said.
“Yes,” said Frog. “It is very nice, but it was very hard work.”
“I want to have a garden, too,” said Toad.
“Here are some flower seeds. Plant them in the ground,” said Frog, “and soon you will have a garden.”
“How soon?” asked Toad.
“Very soon,” said Frog.
Toad ran home. He planted the flower seeds.
“Now seeds,” said Toad, “start growing.”
Toad walked around them a few times. The seeds did not start to grow.
Toad put his head to the ground and said loudly, “Now seeds, start growing!”
Toad looked at the ground again. The seeds did not start to grow.
Toad put his head to the ground and shouted “NOW SEEDS, START GROWING!”
Frog came to Toad.
“What is this noise?” he asked.
“My seeds do not want to grow,” said Toad.
“You shout too loudly,” said Frog. “These poor seeds are afraid to grow.”
“My seeds are afraid to grow?” asked Toad.
“Of course,” said Frog. “Leave them alone for a few days. Let the sun shine on them, let the rain fall on them. Soon your seeds will start to grow.”
That night Toad looked out of his window.
“Oh, no!” said Toad. “My seeds still do not want grow. Maybe they are afraid of the dark.”
Toad went to his garden with some candles.
“I will read my seeds a story,” said Toad. “Then they will not be afraid.”
Toad read a long story to his seeds.
All the next day Toad sang songs to his seeds.
And all the next day Toad read poems to his seeds.
And all the next day Toad played music for his seeds.
Toad looked at the ground. The seeds still did not start to grow.
“What shall I do?” cried Toad. “These are the most frightened seeds in the world!”
Toad was very tired, and he went to sleep.
“Toad, Toad, wake up,” said Frog. “Look at your garden!”
Toad looked at his garden. Little green plants were growing out of the ground.
“At last!” shouted Toad. “My seeds are not afraid to grow!”
