"
Splash! Jerry Muskrat and Little Joe Otter dived into the Smiling
Pool and started a race to see who could reach Grandfather Frog first.
He was sitting among the bulrushes on the edge of the Smiling Pool,
for the lily-pads were not yet big enough for him to sit on comfortably.
"Oh, Grandfather Frog, what's the matter with the Smiling Pool?"
they shouted, as they came up quite out of breath.
"Chugarum! There's nothing the matter with the Smiling Pool; it's
the best place in all the world," replied Grandfather Frog gruffly.
"But there is something the matter," insisted Jerry Muskrat, and
then he told what he had discovered.
"I don't believe it," said Grandfather Frog. "I never heard of such
a thing in the springtime."
CHAPTER VIII: Grandfather Frog Watches His Toes
Grandfather Frog sat among the bulrushes on the edge of the Smiling
Pool. Over his head Mr. Redwing was singing as if his heart would
burst with the very joy of springtime.
"Tra-la-la-lee, see me! See me!
Happy am I as I can be!
Happy am I the whole day long
And so I sing my gladsome song.
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