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Show The Honest Old Toad. -Oh, a queer little chap Is the honeit old H toad, A funny old fellow Is he; Living under the stone by the side of the rond, 'Neath the shado of the old willow H tree. He Is dressed nil In brown, Krom his too to his crown, H Save his vest, thnt Is silvery white. tie takes a long nap In the heat ot tho day And wnlks In the cool, dewy night. "Yaup, yuup." Bays tho frog. JM From his home In the bog; H I)ut the toud he says never n word. H He tries to be Rood, I.lko the children who should HJ Ho seen, but never bo heard. SB When winter draws near, Mr. Toad goes H to bed, IB And sleeps Just ns round ns a top; m But when May blossoms follow the soft H April showers. HJ IIo comes out with n skip and a hop. LB lie changes his diess, Hj Only once I confess, B Kvery spring, and his old wornout B coat, UJ With trousers and wnlstcoat ho rolls In ifJJ n ball, VM "K-rrnk, R-rruk." says tho frog, M From his homo In tho bog, ) But tho toad ho nays never a word. t.M lie tries to bi good, ( l.lko tho children, who should lm He seen, but never be heard. IbI Ul legs they are long, and he leaps BJ whero ho walks, Outstepping us all nt a bound; tH Ho wears both his eyes on tho top ot his BM hend, Bl if Queer placo for one's eyes to be found, SWJ' You may think him n fright. J And. of course, you are rlRht; BJ Hut his ugliness I would defend, Hf For ho dines on the bugs that destroy the BJ sweet (loners UB He's tho gardener's assistant and jBJ friend J "Yaup. ynup." says the frog, BJ lTom his homo In the bog; jfJH Ilul the toad he says never u word. BJ Ho tries to bo good. ) Llko the chlldicn. who should jH Bo Been, but never bo heard. Sj Nellie M. Qarabrant, |