How A Tadpole Loses His TailÓ

By: Rebecca Marie Moore

Jeffrey is a young tadpole. Who lives in a pond with his two best friends, Lauren and Chad. Jeffrey is an advance tadpole. He is going through changes that Lauren and Chad hasn’t experienced yet. Young Jeffrey is growing up. He now has two back legs, which Lauren and Chad does not. Lauren and Chad makes fun of Jeffrey, they call him names like “Frog legs�?and “Short stud�? As days go bye, Jeffrey develops his front legs. He is now getting to where he can jump. Lauren and Chad starts calling him “Four legs�?and “Jumpy�? That day as Jeffrey sits by himself at the end of the pond, he notices he is missing something. His tail. “AAAAAHHHH!�?Jeffrey yells as he swims to his mother. “Mom, my tail is missing!�?Jeffrey says as he starts to cry. “What do I do?�?he asked as he watched Lauren and Chad swim up. “Well Jeffrey it is about time you explore the world.�?She looks at him with a smile. �?I want you to jump onto the bank and breathe the fresh air.�?�?Breathe the fresh air, Aunt Vicky, Jeffrey is just a tadpole!�?Lauren squeals. �?No, Honey Jeffrey is a frog and he needs to learn how to breathe the air and catch the insects.�?Lauren and Chad’s mouth dropped wide open as they watch Jeffrey and his mom jump onto the bank. As Jeffrey takes a breathe of fresh air, he looks at his two best friends in the pond. As they watch Jeffrey’s mom teach him how to catch insects. Chad looks at Lauren and says, “So, that is how a tadpole loses his tail.�?/P>