Spread 1
Tadpole starts wriggling and jiggling around,
then plops from his egg with hardly a sound.
Spread 2
‘Tadpole, Tadpole, what do you see,
as you sit in the pond; so quietly free?’
‘Nothing,’ said Tadpole, ‘It’s murky and dim,
but it’s warm and safe until I can swim.’
Spread 3
Tadpole eats jelly, for many long days,
Now he’s longer and stronger; he swims and he plays.
Spread 4
‘Tadpole, Tadpole, what do you see,
as you dash and you splash; so swimmingly free?’
‘Oh, algae and mosses and watery weeds,
I feast all day long as I race through the reeds.’
Continued…