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Sail Away With Books!
LITTLE FROG: I mean you are going in the wrong direction. My home is back that way.
ALLIGATOR: Well, I’m going upstream to see my sweetie. If you don’t want to come along,
you’d better find another ride.
LITTLE FROG: Help! Help! Won’t somebody help me? Help!
TURTLE: (reappearing) Good heavens, Little Frog. You are making too much noise.
LITTLE FROG: But the alligator is taking me away. I want my Mommeeeeeeeeeee!
TURTLE: Okay, okay. Here. Jump on my back and I’ll take you home.
(Little Frog jumps from alligator to turtle.)
ALLIGATOR: Thanks, Turtle for taking that frog off my back. He was slowing me down and
my girlfriend is waiting up the river. (Calling to his girlfriend) Hold on, you sweet little bundle
of scales! I’m on my way!
(Alligator exits stage left.)
(Turtle and Little Frog move slowly stage right.)
LITTLE FROG: Thank you, Turtle. I’m sorry I yelled so loud.
TURTLE: That’s okay, Little Frog. I didn’t mean to set you down on Alligator’s back. Are we
getting close to your home?
LITTLE FROG: Yes! I see the big clump of reeds right next to our hole. Thank you, Turtle.
Thank you so much.
TURTLE: Quite all right, Little Frog. All this swimming has given me an appetite. I’m off in
search of a snack. See you later. (exits stage left)
LITTLE FROG: Ahh! Home at last!
MAMA FROG: (enters) I’m back, Junior. What did you do while I was gone? Are you still
watching the clouds?
LITTLE FROG: No! (all in a rush) I fell in the water and Turtle took me to a log, but it wasn’t a
log, it was an alligator and he tried to take me to see his sweet little bundle of scales, but I yelled
really loud and Turtle rescued me and brought me home!
MAMA FROG: My goodness. What an adventure. I’ll bet you’re tired after all that excitement.
Why don’t you climb onto that big lily pad over there and I will bring you some of the nice bug
pudding Sissy Salamander gave to me?
LITTLE FROG: Oooooh, yummy. Thank you, Mama.
(Mama Frog leaves. Little Frog climbs onto new lily pad.)
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