And their mother stood by the door to watch,

And said, “Don't stop to play.”

So the five little frogs ran merrily off,

Till they had gone far from home;

When one said, “Brothers, do as you like,

But I do not mean to come;

I don't want to sit in school and croak,

When in sunshine I can roam.”

So the four little frogs ran off to school,

They would not stay to play;