will do no such thing, s till you

have listened Tas patiently to my story

Tas I exclaimed

I have to yours,' the Frog. 6 That

seemed to come in

your

Lfriend's body,
and by
degrees, gradually and
after many struggles, there emerged from it

How long the strange process 7

continued, 'I

can scarcely tell,

so fixed was
Гіп
astonishment and ad-

miration;

but I

saw the beautiful creature at last poise himself

for a second or two
in the air
before he

saw the four gauzy pinions [flash back the sunshine that

beheld his body [give out rays of

Lglittering blue and green

as he

are grown obliging, my little friend,' remarked

the Frog.
· Well then, I

incline to the

belief, that what

have seen

accounts for your otherwise
unreasonable curiosity, your
tiresome cr

information about

the world beyond Lyour own.'

· That

were possible, always provided your account

Lcan be depended upon,''