Your Time Will Come
Illustration of a frog and a tadpole.

Written by Kristy Hickey, Mike Ward, Beth Morton, and Karen Skurka

Illustrated by Darcy Schwartz

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Dedicated to all the little tadpoles at the William S. Greene School.
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Illustration of a pond on a sunny day.
It was a beautiful early spring day in the South Watuppa Pond.
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Illustration of a frog and a tadpole playing games in a pond.
Flash, the Froglet and Tide, the Tadpole were chilling out, playing fun froggy games.
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Illustration of a frog and tadpole being frightened by a snapping turtle.
Suddenly, out from behind the algae, an enormous snapping turtle attacked Flash and Tide.
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Illustration of a tadpole swimming away from a snapping turtle.
“Hurry Tide, Hurry! Dive down into the muck!” said Flash as he hid himself.
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Illustration of a relieved frog and tadpole.
A frightened Tide said, “Whoa that was close. I’m not as fast as you.”
 
“Your time will come,” said Flash.
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Illustration of a frog and tadpole eating a snack with a big mouth bass in the distance.
A week later, Flash and Tide were eating a snack, taking a break from their fun froggy games. A big mouth bass swam towards them thinking, “LUNCH!”
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Illustration of a tadpole being chased by a big mouth bass.
“Hurry Tide, Hurry! Dive down into the muck!” said Flash as he jumped out of the water.
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Illustration of a big mouth bass swimming away from a tadpole.
Tide said, “Whoa, that was close. I can’t jump like you.”
 
“Your time will come,” said Flash.
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Illustration of a net scooping water near a frog and tadpole.
A week later, Flash and Tide were playing their fun froggy game of frog kicking when they heard kid voices and saw a white net swooping into the water.
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Illustration of two children watching a frog and tadpole in a pond.
“Hurry Tide, Hurry! Dive down into the muck!” said Flash as he jumped out of the water.
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Illustration of a frog on a lillypad and a tadpole with new arms and legs.

Tide said, “Whoa, that was close. I was faster but I still can’t jump like you.”

“Your time will come,” said Flash.

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Illustration of two frogs at the starting line and a large bird's beak entering the water.
A week later, Flash and Tide were playing their fun froggy game of swim races, when they saw a shadow and a beak slice into the water.
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Illustration of large bird's beak in pond with frog.
“Hurry Tide, Hurry! Dive down into the muck!” said Flash as he jumped out of the water.
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Illustration of two frogs.

Tide said, “Whoa, that was close. I was really fast but I still can’t jump like you.”

“Your time will come,” said Flash.
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Illustration of two frogs on lillypads.
A week later, Flash and Tide were playing their froggy fun game of leap frog when a slippery, slithering water snake glided their way.
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Illustration of frog jumping onto dry land.
“Hurry Flash, Hurry! Jump out of the pond,” said Tide as he jumped out of the water.
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Illustration of two frogs on shore of pond.
“Whoa, I jumped faster and farther than YOU!  How did that happen?” asked Tide.
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Illustration of two frogs smiling at each other.
“Your time has come.”
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The End!

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