Paddy the Beaver said that he would go, too,
so off the four started, Jerry Muskrat and Paddy the Beaver swimming
side by side, and behind them Grandfather Frog and Spotty the
Turtle.
Now Spotty the Turtle is a very slow traveler on land, but in the
water Spotty is not so slow. In fact, it was not long before
Grandfather Frog found that he was the one who could not keep up.
You see, while he is a great diver and can swim fast for a short
distance, he is soon tired out. Pretty soon he was puffing and
blowing and dropping farther and farther behind. By and by, Spotty
the Turtle looked back. There was Grandfather Frog just tumbling
head first over a little waterfall. He came up choking and gasping
and kicking his long legs very feebly. Spotty climbed out on a rock
and waited. He helped Grandfather Frog out beside him, and when
Grandfather Frog had once more gotten his breath, what do you think
Spotty did? Why, he took Grandfather Frog right on his back and
started on again.
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