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

Written by Kristy Hickey, Mike Ward, Beth Morton, and Karen Skurka from Greene Elementary School in Fall River, MA

Illustrated by Darcy Schwartz

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Dedicated to all the little tadpoles at the William S. Greene School.

 

 

Special thanks to the Massachusetts Department of Education whose funding supported teachers and parents in the development of this story. © CAST, 2005

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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 Flash and Tide playing.
Flash, the Froglet and Tide, the Tadpole were chilling out, playing fun froggy games.
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Illustration of Flash, Tide, and a snapping turtle.
Suddenly, out from behind the algae, an enormous snapping turtle attacked Flash and Tide.
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Illustration of Tide swimming away from the snapping turtle.
“Hurry Tide, Hurry!  Dive down into the muck!”  said Flash as he hid himself. 
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Illustration of Flash and a sweating Tide.

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 Flash, Tide, and a big mouth bass.
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 Tide swimming away from the 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 the big mouth bass swimming away from Tide and Flash.

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

 

“Your time will come,” said Flash.
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Illustration of Flash and Tide swimming away from a net.
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 Tide and Flash getting away.
“Hurry Tide, Hurry!  Dive down into the muck!”  said Flash as he jumped out of the water. 
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Illustration of Tide swimming toward Flash.

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 Flash and Tide looking at a large beak.
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 Tide getting away from the beak.
“Hurry Tide, Hurry!  Dive down into the muck!”  said Flash as he jumped out of the water. 
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Illustration of Tide and Flash.

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 Flash, Tide, and a water snake.
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 Tide jumping toward land.
“Hurry Flash, Hurry!  Jump out of the pond,”  said Tide as he jumped out of the water. 
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Illustration of Flash and Tide on land.
“Whoa, I jumped faster and farther than YOU! How did that happen?” asked Tide.
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Illustration of Flash and Tide.
“Your time has come.”
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The End!
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