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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1h

Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.”

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 7h

Frog said, “Would you like me to tell you a story, Toad? “

“Yes,” said Toad, “if you know one.”

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 10h

Frog got a ladder. He put the box up on a high shelf. “There,” said Frog. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”

“But we can climb the ladder and take the box down from the shelf and cut the string and open the box,” said Toad.

“That is true,” said Frog.

Frog climbs a ladder and hides the cookies high on a shelf.

From "Cookies"
In *Frog and Toad Together*

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 13h

“I am glad,” said Frog. Then Frog and Toad went right to sleep.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 16h

Toad was sitting on his front porch. Frog came along and said, “What is the matter Toad? You are looking sad.”

A glum Toad sits on his front porch as a smiling Frog approaches.

From "The Letter"
In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 19h

Toad sat and did nothing. Frog sat with him.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 22h

Toad stayed in the bed, and Frog stayed in the closet.

They stayed there for a long time, just feeling very brave together.

Toad hides under his covers and Frog hides in the closet.

From "Dragons and Giants"
In *Frog and Toad Together*

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

Four days later the snail got to Toad’s house and gave him the letter from Frog. Toad was very pleased to have it.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

“Frog,” said Toad, “Where are you?” There was still no answer.

“Frog, what have I done?” cried Toad.

Toad looks frantically around the dark theater, calling for Frog. Frog is nowhere to be found.

From "The Dream"
In *Frog and Toad Together*

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

Then Frog and Toad went out onto the front porch to wait for the mail.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

“Frog,” said Toad, “if I wash my dishes right now, then I will not have to wash them tomorrow, will I?”

“No,” said Frog. “You will not have to.”

Toad washed and dried his dishes. He put them in the cupboard.

Toad washes his dirty dishes and puts them away. What a clean Toad!

From "Tomorrow"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

Then he and Frog ran outside to see how the world was looking in the spring.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

“Frog,” asked Toad, “did this really happen?”

“Maybe it did, and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog.

Toad questions Frog about the veracity of his ghost story, an animated look on his face.

From "Shivers"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

Toad climbed out of the river. The water dripped out of his bathing suit and down onto his feet.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

Every day my mailbox is empty.

Toad's mailbox awaits...something.

From "The Letter"
In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2d

Frog put the cookies in a box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”

“But we can open the box,” said Toad.

“That is true,” said Frog.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2d

you must not look at me until I get into the water

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2d

Frog closed his eyes when Toad came out from behind the rocks

Frog hides his eyes as Toad comes out from behind the rocks in his bathing suit.

From "A Swim"
In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2d

“Don’t be silly,” said Toad. “No one has ever sent me a letter before, and no one will send me a letter today.”

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2d

Toad found a lantern in the attic. “Frog will see this light. I will show him the way out of the woods,” said Toad.

Toad gathers a lantern in his attic.

From "Christmas Eve"
In *Frog and Toad All Year*

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2d

One morning Toad sat in bed. “I have many things to do,” he said. “I will write them all down on a list so that I can remember them.”

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2d

Frog and Toad jumped into the water. They swam all afternoon.

Frog swam fast and made big splashes.

Toad swam slowly and made smaller splashes.

Frog and Toad swim and splash in the river.

From "A Swim"
In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 3d

TOAD WILL NOW DANCE, AND HE WILL BE WONDERFUL.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 3d

Toad ran across the meadow again. He waved the kite over his head. He jumped up and down. The kite went up in the air and crashed into the grass.

Toad jumps up with the kite over his head, hoping it will take off.

From "The Kite"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 3d

Frog ran out of his house. He saw a snail that he knew.

“Snail,” said Frog, “please take this letter to Toad’s house and put it in his mailbox.”

“Sure,” said the snail. “Right away.”

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