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a larval frog or toad

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"He is the strongest swimmer of all our little polliwogs. Someday he will grow to be a mighty frog."

Frog, "I thought we would be seeing legs on our little polliwogs by now."

Soon the other polliwogs began to tire of polliwog games.

The other polliwogs moved to the edge of the pond and joined their parents in nightly croaking.

Frog legs and polliwog tails

At long last, with the rest of the family now gathered on the creek bank shouting instructions and, occasionally, encouragement, I finally made a lucky pass that brought up a total of eight polliwogs, and we headed back to the car.

Now nothing more than a straight shot home, hoping to keep our polliwogs still wogging by the time we arrive, right?

My excuse that I was trying to reach home with polliwogs still alive in a hubcap does sound a bit weak, now that I think about it.

After carrying them in, I discovered that only one polliwog had made it safely to its new home among the dishes in the kitchen sink.

WHAT DAY OF REST?

Why polliwogs? Whence this recent consensus that the long-distance Other is, to quote Dean, a "hairless, chalky-colored creature with large black eyes," looking like a froggy preborn fetus?

The X-Files

Frog, "Shouldn't we be seeing legs on our little polliwogs?"

The other polliwogs moved to the edge of the pond and began to join their father and mother in nightly croaking.

Frog legs and polliwog tails

It took us an hour to arrive at an exit with a service station that provided water without polliwogs and a bottle of jasmine air freshener so we again could ride with the windows closed.

Dog in the driver's seat

From the smallest inchworm and polliwogs to anteaters and kangaroos, Pamela Zagarenski's fun drawings bring the animal world to life.

Houghton Mifflin

A mom who thinks that puppy dogs And polliwogs are nice?

Did you ever know a mother?

Young children love to play with sounds and rhyming words and this book offers just such opportunities as it works through a number rhyme as each polliwog turns into a frog.

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