Friends_a Gebbe story

“And who might you be?” asks a big frog. “Gebbe,
nice to meet you,” says Gebbe politely. Luckily he
has his ball with him. This way it feels like he is not
all alone facing such an impressive group. The big
frog has two huge vocal sacs on the sides of its
mouth when croaking. The other frogs make room
for Gebbe. He tries to croak along as best as he can.
He finds it rather cozy now and then. The big frog is
very funny and it doesn’t take long before he gets
started about Gebbe’s ball. “Aren’t you a bit too old
for toys?” he asks. “It looks rather childish, don’t you
agree?” The other frogs laugh. But Gebbe doesn’t
want to get rid of his ball. “Why not put it in a bag
then, so that no one sees it,” the big frog suggests.
“You’ll look a lot cooler that way, just as cool as we
are.” Gebbe says that it seems like a good idea and
that now it is time for him to leave.
On the way home Gebbe thinks that it has been
quite cozy and that he’d like to be one of these cool
frogs. He is in a rather good mood. But where will he
find a bag? Wanja flies by. It’s a wasp he once helped
when it was attacked by humans. “Do you know
where I can find a bag for my ball, Wanja?” “Not
really, but you can use my old nest if you want. That
too is roundish, so it might fit.” Gebbe tries to push
in his ball, but the nest is made of paper and is torn
to pieces. A little later he meets Mirko the ant.
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