Frog and Toad Together: A list

A List



One morning Toad satin bed.

"I have many things to do," he said.

"I will write them all down on a list

so that I can remember them."

Toad wrote on apiece of paper:

A List o-f things "to do –to today”

Then he wrote:

Wake up

"I have done that,"said Toad,

and he crossed out:

Wake up.



Then Toad wrote other things on the paper.

"There,"said Toad.

"Now my day is all written down.

He got out of bed and had something to eat.

Then Toad crossed out:

Eat Breakfast



Toad took his clothes

out of the closet

and put them on.

Then he crossed out:

Get dressed.



Toad put the list in his pocket.

He opened the door

and walked out into the morning.

Soon Toad was at Frog's front door,

He took the list from his pocket

and crossed out:

Go to Frog’s House



Toad knocked at the door.

"Hello,"said Frog.

"Look at my list

of things to do,"

said Toad.

"Oh," said Frog,

"that is very nice."



Toad said, "My list tells me

that we will go

for a walk."

"All right,"said Frog.

"I am ready."



Frog and Toad

went on a long walk.

Then Toad took the list

from his pocket again.

He crossed out:

Take walk with Frog



Just then there was a strong wind.

It blew the list

out of Toad's hand.

The list blew high up

into the air.



"Help!" cried Toad.

"My list is blowing away.

What will I do without my list?"



"Hurry!"said Frog.

"We will run and catch it."

"No!"shouted Toad.

"I cannot do that."

"Why not?"asked Frog.

"Because,"wailed Toad,

"running after my list

is not one of the things

that I wrote

on my list of things to do!"



Frog ran after the list.

He ran over hills and swamps,

but the list blew on and on.

At last Frog came back to Toad.

"I am sorry,"gasped Frog,

"but I could not catch

your list.

"Blah," said Toad.

"I cannot remember any of the things

that were on my list things to do.

I will just have to sit here

and do nothing,"said Toad.

Toad sat and did nothing.

Frog sat with him.





After a long time Frog said,

"Toad, it is gettingdark.

We should be going to sleep now."



"Go to sleep!" shouted Toad.

"That was the last thing on my list!"

Toad wrote on the ground

with a stick: Go to sleep

Then he crossed out:Go to sleep.



"There,"said Toad.

"Now my day is all crossed out!"

"I am glad,"said Frog.

Then Frog and Toad

went right to sleep.