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THE BIGGEST FROG AWAKENS[1]
THE DANCE OF THE SAND-HILL CRANES[13]
THE YOUNG MINNOW WHO WOULD NOT EAT WHEN HE SHOULD[23]
THE STICKLEBACK FATHER[33]
THE CARELESS CADDIS WORM[45]
THE TADPOLE WHO WANTED TO BE GROWN-UP[58]
THE RUNAWAY WATER SPIDERS[72]
THE SLOW LITTLE MUD TURTLE[83]
THE DRAGON-FLY CHILDREN AND THE SNAPPING TURTLE[97]
THE SNAPPY SNAPPING TURTLE[106]
THE CLEVER WATER-ADDER[119]
THE GOOD LITTLE CRANES WHO WERE BAD[129]
THE OLDEST DRAGON-FLY NYMPH[143]
THE EELS' MOVING-NIGHT[157]
THE CRAYFISH MOTHER[169]
TWO LITTLE CRAYFISHES QUARREL[178]
THE LUCKY MINK[187]
THE PLAYFUL MUSKRATS[200]

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"BADDY-BADDY!"[Frontispiece 142]
"THEN I WILL GO TOO," SAID HE[9]
"WHAT FINE BIG MOUTHFULS YOU CAN TAKE!"[19]
THEN THEY SWAM AT EACH OTHER[39]
THE BIGGEST FROM TOLD THEM STORIES[63]
AS SOON AS HE GOT TO FLOATING ON HIS BACK[76]
"GOOD MORNING," SAID SHE; "I BELIEVE YOU ARE MY CHILDREN"[85]
THERE WAS A GREAT SPLASHING AND DASHING[117]
SHE SWAYED THIS WAY AND THAT[146]
SHE WAS TALKING WITH MOTHER MUD TURTLE[160]
MOTHER EEL OPENED HER BIG MOUTH[186]
USED TO FOLLOW HIM AROUND[191]