News and archival recordings with Sarnia at Royal Clarence.
New Recording Fancy Dress Goodwood Revival Beethoven and The Girls in the Trenches.
hello darlings i will keep this brief because my voice is going but one perseveres one carries on regardless now then i have been working very hard last few days getting my costume ready for goodwood revival which is in a couple of weeks um the my tickets are booked for the 18th i'm going with my daughter she's going dressed in 50s forward slash 60s sort of crossover and my grandson also i think he's going to wear he's only three he's going to wear a leather jacket and uh slicked back hair absolutely fabulous is that going to be and there will be photographs of course all over my blog now i have a fancy dress shop here in the marina which is really useful actually because anytime i need to do anything go anywhere i just look on my rails so sort of cheating but i thought no i'm not going to go as a land girl which is the sort of go-to if you don't have much time stick a pair of overalls on and a head scarf and there we go costume done and there's quite a few military um costumes as well a lot of the gents dress in military outfits and i guess you can hire them um but uh i'm i'm going all out i really am so i'm going sort of 30s forward slash 40s crossover but a bit movie star so i've been for slaving over the internet finding my props and unfortunately i already had quite a few things so i'm very excited very excited about goodwood revival and maybe see you there actually sold out on the saturday i know um i think a couple of weeks ago they had uh thursday and sunday available so um see if we can get some i don't know if they're selling you know tickets out so doing their thing um but nobody's getting hold of my tickets that's for sure i'm very excited about it um now then i've also had my copyright strike lifted from the beethoven which is wonderful it means we can play the entire collection the entire beethoven collection um which i'm just absolutely thrilled about this is it was recorded in 1968 i think and um so it's got that lovely crackly feel and i'm also going to uh serialize um the red cross british girls the british red cross girls in the trenches book because it had such good uh feedback yesterday when i played the first chapter so let's get on um this is the second chapter different kinds of courage the books by margaret founder cooks in the public domain and um chap just chapter two followed by the sonata number 25 in g major op 79 um by the wonderful everlasting always always treasured beethoven of course i'm sure you know that um enjoy darlings and i'll be back tomorrow voice permission let's see it may be that the voice does not permit but we can live in hope chapter 2 of the red cross girls in the british trenches this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org read by tr love of pleasant hill california the red cross girls in the british trenches by margaret vandercook chapter 2 different kinds of courage

moving along riverside drive with sufficient slowness to grasp details had given the little western visitor an opportunity to enjoy the great sweep of the hudson river and the beauty of the new jersey palisades on the front seat of the motor car barbour sat with dick thornton who had offered to take the chauffeur's place for the afternoon back of them were mrs thornton and mildred it was a cold april day and there were not many other cars along the drive finally mrs thornton leaning over touched her son on the shoulder i think it might be wiser dick to go back home now barbara has seen the view of the river and the wind has become so disagreeable suppose we turn off into broadway she suggested acquiescing a few moments later dick swung his car up a steep incline he was going at a moderate pace and yet just before reaching broadway he sounded his horn...

News and archival recordings with Sarnia at Royal Clarence.
New Recording Fancy Dress Goodwood Revival Beethoven and The Girls in the Trenches.
hello darlings i will keep this brief because my voice is going but one perseveres one carries on regardless now then i have been working very hard last few days getting my costume ready for goodwood revival which is in a couple of weeks um the my tickets are booked for the 18th i'm going with my daughter she's going dressed in 50s forward slash 60s sort of crossover and my grandson also i think he's going to wear he's only three he's going to wear a leather jacket and uh slicked back hair absolutely fabulous is that going to be and there will be photographs of course all over my blog now i have a fancy dress shop here in the marina which is really useful actually because anytime i need to do anything go anywhere i just look on my rails so sort of cheating but i thought no i'm not going to go as a land girl which is the sort of go-to if you don't have much time stick a pair of overalls on and a head scarf and there we go costume done and there's quite a few military um costumes as well a lot of the gents dress in military outfits and i guess you can hire them um but uh i'm i'm going all out i really am so i'm going sort of 30s forward slash 40s crossover but a bit movie star so i've been for slaving over the internet finding my props and unfortunately i already had quite a few things so i'm very excited very excited about goodwood revival and maybe see you there actually sold out on the saturday i know um i think a couple of weeks ago they had uh thursday and sunday available so um see if we can get some i don't know if they're selling you know tickets out so doing their thing um but nobody's getting hold of my tickets that's for sure i'm very excited about it um now then i've also had my copyright strike lifted from the beethoven which is wonderful it means we can play the entire collection the entire beethoven collection um which i'm just absolutely thrilled about this is it was recorded in 1968 i think and um so it's got that lovely crackly feel and i'm also going to uh serialize um the red cross british girls the british red cross girls in the trenches book because it had such good uh feedback yesterday when i played the first chapter so let's get on um this is the second chapter different kinds of courage the books by margaret founder cooks in the public domain and um chap just chapter two followed by the sonata number 25 in g major op 79 um by the wonderful everlasting always always treasured beethoven of course i'm sure you know that um enjoy darlings and i'll be back tomorrow voice permission let's see it may be that the voice does not permit but we can live in hope chapter 2 of the red cross girls in the british trenches this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org read by tr love of pleasant hill california the red cross girls in the british trenches by margaret vandercook chapter 2 different kinds of courage

moving along riverside drive with sufficient slowness to grasp details had given the little western visitor an opportunity to enjoy the great sweep of the hudson river and the beauty of the new jersey palisades on the front seat of the motor car barbour sat with dick thornton who had offered to take the chauffeur's place for the afternoon back of them were mrs thornton and mildred it was a cold april day and there were not many other cars along the drive finally mrs thornton leaning over touched her son on the shoulder i think it might be wiser dick to go back home now barbara has seen the view of the river and the wind has become so disagreeable suppose we turn off into broadway she suggested acquiescing a few moments later dick swung his car up a steep incline he was going at a moderate pace and yet just before reaching broadway he sounded his horn...

The Hundredth Princess Kids' Audiobooks Bedtime Stories Public Domain Tale Teller Club.

the hundredth princess by evelyn sharp this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org there was once a king who was so fond of hunting that all the rabbits in his kingdom were born with their hearts in their mouths the king would have been extremely surprised to hear this for of course he never hunted anything so small as a rabbit but rabbits are foolish enough for anything as all the world knows and it is certain that the rabbits of the king's forest would never have had a happy moment to this day if the green enchantress had not suddenly taken it into her head to try and bewitch the king now the green enchantress was very beautiful indeed she sat all day long at the foot of an old lime tree in the royal forest and she was dressed all in green and she had small white hands and great black eyes and quantities and quantities of dark red hair every animal in the forest from the largest wild boar down to the smallest baby rabbit was a friend of hers and it made her dreadfully unhappy when she saw them being killed just to amuse the king so it was no wonder that she made up her mind at last to try and bewitch him and the first time she tried was on a fine summer evening when the royal party was riding home from the hunt it had been an exceedingly dull hunt that day for the king had found nothing whatever to kill and this made him so exceedingly irritable that his followers took care to keep a good way behind him as they rode along that was how it happened that the king was riding quite alone when a voice suddenly called out to him from the side of the road good evening king said the voice have you had good sport today the king pulled up his horse and looked round and when he saw a wonderful looking girl all dressed in green sitting at the foot of an old lime tree he did not know quite what to say he knew very little about girls for he had spent all his life in killing things but he had a sort of idea that the girl in green was not much like the princesses who came to court i've had no sport at all he said at last all the animals were hiding today no doubt they were said the green enchantress so would you be if people came hunting you with great-hearted spears and things she was really laughing at him but the king had no idea of it he only looked at her more solemnly than before what do you know about it he asked her perhaps i know more about this forest than you know about the whole of your kingdom answered the green enchantress and this time she laughed outright but the king did not mind in the least perhaps you do he said simply i never pretended to know much i do not even know why you are laughing will you tell me i am laughing because you know so little she answered mysteriously and because there is so much i could tell you if it pleased me i have no doubt you could replied the king will it please you to tell me now no i don't feel inclined to tell you now said the green enchantress how strange exclaimed to the king if i had anything to tell i should tell it at once but then i am not a girl when will you tell me next time you come left the girl in green next time said the king why should i come twice when once would do she did not trouble to answer that at all and when the king looked again at the old lime tree the girl in green had completely disappeared is there a witch in the forest he asked when his followers came riding up to him there is the green enchantress your majesty answered the chief huntsman i've never seen her but they say she is the most beautiful woman in the whole world indeed said the king in surprise and he went home and spent the whole of the evening in trying to remember what the girl in green had looked like he had quite forgotten however so the very next morning he stole out of the palace long before anyone...

The Hundredth Princess Kids' Audiobooks Bedtime Stories Public Domain Tale Teller Club.

the hundredth princess by evelyn sharp this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org there was once a king who was so fond of hunting that all the rabbits in his kingdom were born with their hearts in their mouths the king would have been extremely surprised to hear this for of course he never hunted anything so small as a rabbit but rabbits are foolish enough for anything as all the world knows and it is certain that the rabbits of the king's forest would never have had a happy moment to this day if the green enchantress had not suddenly taken it into her head to try and bewitch the king now the green enchantress was very beautiful indeed she sat all day long at the foot of an old lime tree in the royal forest and she was dressed all in green and she had small white hands and great black eyes and quantities and quantities of dark red hair every animal in the forest from the largest wild boar down to the smallest baby rabbit was a friend of hers and it made her dreadfully unhappy when she saw them being killed just to amuse the king so it was no wonder that she made up her mind at last to try and bewitch him and the first time she tried was on a fine summer evening when the royal party was riding home from the hunt it had been an exceedingly dull hunt that day for the king had found nothing whatever to kill and this made him so exceedingly irritable that his followers took care to keep a good way behind him as they rode along that was how it happened that the king was riding quite alone when a voice suddenly called out to him from the side of the road good evening king said the voice have you had good sport today the king pulled up his horse and looked round and when he saw a wonderful looking girl all dressed in green sitting at the foot of an old lime tree he did not know quite what to say he knew very little about girls for he had spent all his life in killing things but he had a sort of idea that the girl in green was not much like the princesses who came to court i've had no sport at all he said at last all the animals were hiding today no doubt they were said the green enchantress so would you be if people came hunting you with great-hearted spears and things she was really laughing at him but the king had no idea of it he only looked at her more solemnly than before what do you know about it he asked her perhaps i know more about this forest than you know about the whole of your kingdom answered the green enchantress and this time she laughed outright but the king did not mind in the least perhaps you do he said simply i never pretended to know much i do not even know why you are laughing will you tell me i am laughing because you know so little she answered mysteriously and because there is so much i could tell you if it pleased me i have no doubt you could replied the king will it please you to tell me now no i don't feel inclined to tell you now said the green enchantress how strange exclaimed to the king if i had anything to tell i should tell it at once but then i am not a girl when will you tell me next time you come left the girl in green next time said the king why should i come twice when once would do she did not trouble to answer that at all and when the king looked again at the old lime tree the girl in green had completely disappeared is there a witch in the forest he asked when his followers came riding up to him there is the green enchantress your majesty answered the chief huntsman i've never seen her but they say she is the most beautiful woman in the whole world indeed said the king in surprise and he went home and spent the whole of the evening in trying to remember what the girl in green had looked like he had quite forgotten however so the very next morning he stole out of the palace long before anyone...

Goody Two Shoes Walter Crane Traditional Stories for Children Public Domain.
goodie two shoes by walter green this is a librivox recording all liverbox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librarybox.org rabbitchadwarner in the reign of good queen bess there was an honest industrious countryman named meanwhale who living under a hard landlord was cruelly turned out of his little farm which had enabled him to support a wife two children called tommy and marjorie care and misfortune soon shortened his days and his wife not long after followed him to the grave at her death the two poor children were left in a sad plight and had to make all sorts of shifts to keep themselves from starving they were also without proper clothes to keep them warm and as for shoes they had not even two pairs between them tommy he had to go about more than his sister had a pair to himself but little margaery for a long time wore but one she but heaven had heard their dying mother's prayers and had watched over and protected them relief was at hand and better things were in store for them it happened that mr goodall the clergyman of the parish heard of their sad wandering sword of life and so he sent for the two children and kindly offered to shelter them until they could get regular work to do soon after this a gentleman came from london on a visit and no sinner did he hear the story of the orphans than he resolved to be their friend the very first thing he did was to order a pair of shoes to be made for marjorie and he offered to take tommy to london promising to put him in a way to do well by going abroad as these two children loved each other very dearly margie was in great trouble when the time came for her brother to start and wept barely but tommy in order to comfort her promised he would not fail to come back to see her when he should return from foreign countries after he was gone margery began to recover her usual cheerfulness but what helped greatly to put her into good spirits was the pleasure she took in her new shoes as soon as the old shoemaker brought them she put them on and ran at once to the clergyman's wife crying out with glee as she pointed to them two shoes two shoes ma'am see two shoes these words she kept on repeating to everybody she met and so came to be called goody two shoes now marjorie was a thoughtful little girl and was most anxious to learn to read and write when mr goodall saw this he kindly taught her what she most wished to know and in a short time she became a better scholar than any of the children who went to the village skull as soon as she found that this was the case she thought she would try to teach such fair children as could not go to school now as very few books were then printed she thought she could get over the difficulty by cutting out of wood six sets of capital letters like these a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p g r s t u v w x y z and then sets of these common letters a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z when after much pains in trouble she had finished all these wooden letters she managed to borrow an old spelling book and with the help of this she made her playmates set up the words she wished them to spell one day as marjorie was coming home from the next village she met with some wicked idol boys who had tied a young raven to her staff and were just going to throw stones at her she offered it wants to buy the raven for a penny and this they agreed to she then brought him home to the parsonage and gave him the name of ralph and a fine bird he was madge soon taught him to speak several words and also to pick up layers and even to spell a word or two some years before marjorie began to teach her college children sir walter well done a wealthy night had set up an elderly widow lily in a small school in the village this gentlewoman was at length taken ill and was no longer able to attend to her duties when sir walter heard of...

Goody Two Shoes Walter Crane Traditional Stories for Children Public Domain.
goodie two shoes by walter green this is a librivox recording all liverbox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librarybox.org rabbitchadwarner in the reign of good queen bess there was an honest industrious countryman named meanwhale who living under a hard landlord was cruelly turned out of his little farm which had enabled him to support a wife two children called tommy and marjorie care and misfortune soon shortened his days and his wife not long after followed him to the grave at her death the two poor children were left in a sad plight and had to make all sorts of shifts to keep themselves from starving they were also without proper clothes to keep them warm and as for shoes they had not even two pairs between them tommy he had to go about more than his sister had a pair to himself but little margaery for a long time wore but one she but heaven had heard their dying mother's prayers and had watched over and protected them relief was at hand and better things were in store for them it happened that mr goodall the clergyman of the parish heard of their sad wandering sword of life and so he sent for the two children and kindly offered to shelter them until they could get regular work to do soon after this a gentleman came from london on a visit and no sinner did he hear the story of the orphans than he resolved to be their friend the very first thing he did was to order a pair of shoes to be made for marjorie and he offered to take tommy to london promising to put him in a way to do well by going abroad as these two children loved each other very dearly margie was in great trouble when the time came for her brother to start and wept barely but tommy in order to comfort her promised he would not fail to come back to see her when he should return from foreign countries after he was gone margery began to recover her usual cheerfulness but what helped greatly to put her into good spirits was the pleasure she took in her new shoes as soon as the old shoemaker brought them she put them on and ran at once to the clergyman's wife crying out with glee as she pointed to them two shoes two shoes ma'am see two shoes these words she kept on repeating to everybody she met and so came to be called goody two shoes now marjorie was a thoughtful little girl and was most anxious to learn to read and write when mr goodall saw this he kindly taught her what she most wished to know and in a short time she became a better scholar than any of the children who went to the village skull as soon as she found that this was the case she thought she would try to teach such fair children as could not go to school now as very few books were then printed she thought she could get over the difficulty by cutting out of wood six sets of capital letters like these a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p g r s t u v w x y z and then sets of these common letters a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z when after much pains in trouble she had finished all these wooden letters she managed to borrow an old spelling book and with the help of this she made her playmates set up the words she wished them to spell one day as marjorie was coming home from the next village she met with some wicked idol boys who had tied a young raven to her staff and were just going to throw stones at her she offered it wants to buy the raven for a penny and this they agreed to she then brought him home to the parsonage and gave him the name of ralph and a fine bird he was madge soon taught him to speak several words and also to pick up layers and even to spell a word or two some years before marjorie began to teach her college children sir walter well done a wealthy night had set up an elderly widow lily in a small school in the village this gentlewoman was at length taken ill and was no longer able to attend to her duties when sir walter heard of...

A little book for little children based on nature.

Buttercups The Sun's Babies Free Kids' Audiobooks Public Domain.

story 37 of the sun's babies by edith house this librivox recording is in the public domain buttercups it was not at all a pretty spot this swampy bit of roadside a coarse grass was the only thing that grew on it for its soil was always wet and spongy its neighbors despised it if you grew pink tipped daisies and pretty white bells like mine said the hill the children would love you or if you grew red and white clover like mine said the field they would love you or if you grew wild roses like mine said the hedge they would love you but the swampy ground could grow neither daisies nor bells nor clover nor wild roses it lay there ugly and useless and sad one day a bird dropped a clinging seed from its feet as it passed that was the beginning of the wonderful change that came to the despised piece of ground the tiny seed sank into the soft wet earth sprouted and grew soon it was a well-grown plant with beautiful broad leaves it stretched its soft green stems over the ground rooted afresh on this side and on that and spread and spread and spread how quickly the white roots grew the damp soil suited them perfectly this is a splendid growing place they said you dear things said the ground how pleased i am that you have come i will do my very best for you the summer and the winter past and spring came from the new plants little round buds pushed up their heads they grew fast and opened out into golden flowers buttercups buttercups shouted the children they ran down the hill to where the new flower shone in the morning sun how lovely these golden flowers were how their polished petals glittered they looked like fairy cups in the children's hands the swampy ground has never been said since for now it is always beautiful and the children love it year after year they watched the little buds unfold then they filled their hands in pinafores with the golden buttercups and carried them home as treasures to be loved and prized above all other flowers

end of story 37.

A little book for little children based on nature.

Buttercups The Sun's Babies Free Kids' Audiobooks Public Domain.

story 37 of the sun's babies by edith house this librivox recording is in the public domain buttercups it was not at all a pretty spot this swampy bit of roadside a coarse grass was the only thing that grew on it for its soil was always wet and spongy its neighbors despised it if you grew pink tipped daisies and pretty white bells like mine said the hill the children would love you or if you grew red and white clover like mine said the field they would love you or if you grew wild roses like mine said the hedge they would love you but the swampy ground could grow neither daisies nor bells nor clover nor wild roses it lay there ugly and useless and sad one day a bird dropped a clinging seed from its feet as it passed that was the beginning of the wonderful change that came to the despised piece of ground the tiny seed sank into the soft wet earth sprouted and grew soon it was a well-grown plant with beautiful broad leaves it stretched its soft green stems over the ground rooted afresh on this side and on that and spread and spread and spread how quickly the white roots grew the damp soil suited them perfectly this is a splendid growing place they said you dear things said the ground how pleased i am that you have come i will do my very best for you the summer and the winter past and spring came from the new plants little round buds pushed up their heads they grew fast and opened out into golden flowers buttercups buttercups shouted the children they ran down the hill to where the new flower shone in the morning sun how lovely these golden flowers were how their polished petals glittered they looked like fairy cups in the children's hands the swampy ground has never been said since for now it is always beautiful and the children love it year after year they watched the little buds unfold then they filled their hands in pinafores with the golden buttercups and carried them home as treasures to be loved and prized above all other flowers

end of story 37.

Mrs Frog Mr Frog Little Frog Sun's Babies KIds' Audiobooks Free Downloads Public Domain.
story 36 of the sun's babies by edith house this librivox recording is in the public domain mrs frog mr frog and the little frog do you mean to say i was ever like that asked mrs frog of course you were we all were said mr frog i don't believe you said mrs frog why it is nothing but a little ball of jelly with a spot in it how can it grow into a frog well i don't know exactly how it does it said mr frog but you can see it is an egg and eggs grow into the most wonderful things i am not going to believe this one will grow into a frog till i see it said mrs frog and she swam away the egg lay in the water under a lily leaf it certainly did not look in the least like a frog indeed it did not at first seem alive at all but the spot began to spread and day by day it grew till at last a tiny tadpole came out of the jelly and hung on the lily leaf mrs frog saw it and called mr frog to come and look you were wrong she said it is not a frog it is only a kind of wormy thing give it time said mr frog we all began like that what nonsense you talk mr frog if it's a frog where is its head where is its mouth where are its legs the thing is nothing but a jelly worm stuck on a leaf and you tell me i was once like that i have no patience with you i shall not stay to hear another word left to herself the little tadpole dropped from the lily leaf and swam about in the water in a day or two the head and mouth appeared and funny frilly breathing gills grew out from her sides then these went away and inside gill's crew a hard little beat grew on her mouth just the thing for nibbling leaves and stalks now she spent all the day eating vegetable dinners and growing how fast she grew to be sure mrs frog came one day to see how she looked do you call that a frog she asked mr frog scornfully whoever saw a frog with a tail or eating leaves or breathing like a fish my dear think back said mr frog have you no memory of a time in your youth when we all swam together in the water never wishing to go up on the land you had a lovely long tail in those days and do you not remember how sweet those green things tasted to us a puzzled look came into mrs frog's eyes and a dim remembrance flashed across her brain oh well i shall watch she said so every day mrs frog jumped into the pool and swam round the little tadpole watching the changes that took place soon she saw the hind legs begin to grow then one day the tadpole left off eating and startling changes began to take place the tail dwindled away giving up its strength to feed the body the horny beak dropped off the mouth widened and widened till it went nearly around the head the tongue grew big the eyes and the front legs came out through the skin day by day the changes went on and mrs frog was at last convinced that the little tadpole was really a frog when she saw the little creature rise up to the surface and swim to the shore breathing as frogs breathe and when she saw her jump up on the land and catch a fly and eat it she went home you were right after all she said to mr frog of course i was said mr frog end of story 36

Mrs Frog Mr Frog Little Frog Sun's Babies KIds' Audiobooks Free Downloads Public Domain.
story 36 of the sun's babies by edith house this librivox recording is in the public domain mrs frog mr frog and the little frog do you mean to say i was ever like that asked mrs frog of course you were we all were said mr frog i don't believe you said mrs frog why it is nothing but a little ball of jelly with a spot in it how can it grow into a frog well i don't know exactly how it does it said mr frog but you can see it is an egg and eggs grow into the most wonderful things i am not going to believe this one will grow into a frog till i see it said mrs frog and she swam away the egg lay in the water under a lily leaf it certainly did not look in the least like a frog indeed it did not at first seem alive at all but the spot began to spread and day by day it grew till at last a tiny tadpole came out of the jelly and hung on the lily leaf mrs frog saw it and called mr frog to come and look you were wrong she said it is not a frog it is only a kind of wormy thing give it time said mr frog we all began like that what nonsense you talk mr frog if it's a frog where is its head where is its mouth where are its legs the thing is nothing but a jelly worm stuck on a leaf and you tell me i was once like that i have no patience with you i shall not stay to hear another word left to herself the little tadpole dropped from the lily leaf and swam about in the water in a day or two the head and mouth appeared and funny frilly breathing gills grew out from her sides then these went away and inside gill's crew a hard little beat grew on her mouth just the thing for nibbling leaves and stalks now she spent all the day eating vegetable dinners and growing how fast she grew to be sure mrs frog came one day to see how she looked do you call that a frog she asked mr frog scornfully whoever saw a frog with a tail or eating leaves or breathing like a fish my dear think back said mr frog have you no memory of a time in your youth when we all swam together in the water never wishing to go up on the land you had a lovely long tail in those days and do you not remember how sweet those green things tasted to us a puzzled look came into mrs frog's eyes and a dim remembrance flashed across her brain oh well i shall watch she said so every day mrs frog jumped into the pool and swam round the little tadpole watching the changes that took place soon she saw the hind legs begin to grow then one day the tadpole left off eating and startling changes began to take place the tail dwindled away giving up its strength to feed the body the horny beak dropped off the mouth widened and widened till it went nearly around the head the tongue grew big the eyes and the front legs came out through the skin day by day the changes went on and mrs frog was at last convinced that the little tadpole was really a frog when she saw the little creature rise up to the surface and swim to the shore breathing as frogs breathe and when she saw her jump up on the land and catch a fly and eat it she went home you were right after all she said to mr frog of course i was said mr frog end of story 36