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THE BIG FROG AND THE LITTLE FROGS
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"O Tonio!" began Juanita, when Tecla frightened away her words by exclaiming, "See that little black ant on your skirt, Nita. I wonder if he is coming from the blacksmith's."
"From the blacksmith's? From Wantasson's? Why would an ant be at a blacksmith's?"
"I know one ant that went to a blacksmith, and it was fortunate for him that he did. My godfather told me about him."
"Oh, tell us about it, Tecla! Tell it just the way your godfather told it to you."
"No more to-day. To-morrow I will tell you, but now you can ask your blacksmith for a story. I shall take a nap here. I have to rest some time."
Finding it hopeless to persuade her, the children wandered back to the quadrangle.
