8. When upon the land, it can not walk or run, but it gets along by hops. It sits on its hind feet, and suddenly straightens out its hind legs, and away it goes in a great leap.
9. When the cold weather comes, the frog crawls into some hole, or under the bank near the water, and goes to sleep for the winter.
10. The cold does not kill him, and, when the warm spring days come, he wakes up and comes out ready for the work which he is to do.
LESSON XLVII.
FROM TADPOLE TO FROG.
1. In the spring of the year the frog lays its eggs in the water. These eggs are small and round, but soon swell out to the size of a large pea. Each egg has in it a black speck, not much larger than a pin's head.
2. This speck grows, and in the course of a few days out comes a tadpole about half an inch long. Now, a tadpole has a round head, with a flat tail on one side, but no body.