FROGS AT SCHOOL
Twenty froggies went to schoolDown beside a rushv pool. Twenty little coats of green, Twenty vests, all white and clean. ( 'Wc must be in time,'' they say, "First we learn and then we play. "That is how we keep the rule ? "When we froggies go to school. Master Bull-frog, grave and Called the classes each in turn; Taught them how to learn, & strive. Showed them how to leap and dive. From his seat upon a log He taught them how to say 'kevshog!' , • Also, how to dodge a blow From the stones that bad boys throw Twenty froggies grew up fast; Big frogs they became at last. Not one dunce among the lot, Not one lesson they forgot. Each can say 'ker-shog' and 'shoo' As a i'roggic ought to do. Now they sit on other logs, Teaching oth;;r little i'rogs.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 57, 1 September 1939, Page 3
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143FROGS AT SCHOOL Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 57, 1 September 1939, Page 3
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