Frog and Toad Bot

Toad looked around.

He saw that Frog was not there.

“I AM ALL ALONE!” screamed Toad.

Toad strides joyfully through the sunlit grass, arms lifted high in triumph, clutching two melting towers of ice cream. His jacket flutters, his feet are light, and his face is tilted toward the sky as if basking in the sheer delight of his frozen bounty. But the sun beams down, merciless and warm—an unseen villain in this tale of sweet indulgence. From "Ice Cream" In *Frog and Toad All Year*

Toad walked along the path. A large, soft drop of chocolate ice cream slipped down his arm.

“This ice cream is melting in the sun,” said Toad.

“I am sorry,” said Frog.

Leaves, leaves, leaves, blowing everywhere. From "The Surprise" In *Frog and Toad All Year*

A wind came.

It blew across the land.

The pile of leaves that Frog had raked for Toad blew everywhere.

The pile of leaves that Toad had raked for Frog blew everywhere.

“Here is your button,” said Frog.

“That is not my button,” cried Toad. “That button is small. My button was big.”

Frog sits off on the distance, an island unto himself. From "Alone" In *Days with Frog and Toad*

“Maybe you are right,” said Toad. “Maybe Frog does not want to see me. Maybe he does not want me to be his friend anymore.”

Toad went out to his garden with some candles.

“I will read the seeds a story,” said Toad. “Then they will not be afraid.”

Toad speeds down the hill on the sled, thinking Frog is still on the sled with him. Frog is not. From "Down the Hill" In *Frog and Toad All Year*

Toad rushed past trees and rocks. “Frog, I am glad that you are here,” said Toad.

“Never mind,” said Frog.

Toad looks at his messy yard, which is covered with leaves. From "The Surprise" In *Frog and Toad All Year*

When Toad got home, he said, “Tomorrow I will get to work and rake all of my own leaves.”

“What is will power?” asked Toad.

“Will power is trying hard NOT to do something that you really want to do,” said Frog.

Toad jumps up with the kite over his head, hoping it will take off. From "The Kite" In *Days with Frog and Toad*

Toad ran across the meadow again. He waved the kite over his head. He jumped up and down. The kite went up in the air and crashed into the grass.

And all the next day Toad read poems to his seeds.

A disgruntled Toad decides he's had enough of snow and winter. From "Down the Hill" In *Frog and Toad All Year*

“Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”

That night Frog and Toad were both happy.

Frog and Toad sit close together, asleep in the dark. From "A List" In *Frog and Toad Together*

Toad wrote on the ground with a stick: Go to Sleep.

Then he crossed out: Go to Sleep.

“There,” said Toad. “Now my day is all crossed out!”

“I am glad,” said Frog. Then Frog and Toad went right to sleep.

Toad dusted his chairs. He scrubbed his windows. He watered his plants.

Toad sits at his breakfast table, studying his to-do list. From "A List" In *Frog and Toad Together*

He got out of bed and had something to eat. Then Toad crossed out: Eat Breakfast.

“Do not be afraid,” said Frog. “I will be with you on the sled. It will be a fine, fast ride. Toad, you sit in front. I will sit right behind you.”

Frog crouches in the grass, observing as a rabbit bounds away—ears high, feet flying, and no time for chit-chat. From "Ice Cream" In *Frog and Toad All Year*

“Here comes a thing with horns!” shouted a rabbit. “Run for your life!”

“What can it be?” asked Frog.

“You have been asleep since November,” said Frog.

“Well then,” said Toad, “a little more sleep will not hurt me.”

Frog and Toad gaze at their own reflections in a mirror. Toad holds in his hands a book titled "Fairy Tales." From "Dragons and Giants" In *Frog and Toad Together*

Frog and Toad looked into a mirror.

“We look brave,” said Frog.

“Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.

Frog and Toad went for a walk.

Toad did not trip over a rock. He did not bump into a tree. He did not fall in a hole.

Frog climbs a ladder and hides the cookies high on a shelf. From "Cookies" In *Frog and Toad Together*

Frog got a ladder. He put the box up on a high shelf. “There,” said Frog. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”

“But we can climb the ladder and take the box down from the shelf and cut the string and open the box,” said Toad.

“That is true,” said Frog.

Frog and Toad looked into a mirror.

“We look brave,” said Frog.

“Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.

Toad, all dressed up, leaves his house and heads to Frog's. From "A List" In *Frog and Toad Together*

He opened the door and walked into the morning. Soon Toad was at Frog's front door. He took the list from his pocket and crossed out: Go to Frog's House.

Frog said, “Would you like me to tell you a story, Toad? “

“Yes,” said Toad, “if you know one.”

Frog and Toad traipse through the woods, Toad wearing his new hat. From "The Hat" In *Days with Frog and Toad*

Frog and Toad went for a walk.

Toad did not trip over a rock. He did not bump into a tree. He did not fall in a hole.

It turned out to be a very pleasant day after Toad's birthday.

The kite flew into the air. It climbed higher and higher.

“We did it!” cried Toad.

“Yes,” said Frog.

Toad shyly hides behind a rock to change into his bathing suit, while a naked Frog looks on. From "A Swim" In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*

Toad and Frog went down to the river. “What a day for a swim,” said Frog.

“Yes,” said Toad. “I will go behind these rocks and put on my bathing suit.”