Toad and Frog Dialogue<\/b><\/p>\n
Toad baked some cookies. \u201cThese cookies smell very good,\u201d said Toad. He ate one. \u201cAnd they taste even better,\u201d he said. Toad ran to Frog\u2019s house. \u201cFrog, Frog,\u201d cried Toad, \u201ctaste these cookies that I have made.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frog ate one of the cookies, \u201cThese are the best cookies I have ever eaten!\u201d said Frog.<\/p>\n
Frog and Toad ate many cookies, one after another. \u201cYou know, Toad,\u201d said Frog, with his mouth full, \u201cI think we should stop eating. We will soon be sick.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are right,\u201d said Toad. \u201cLet us eat one last cookie, and then we will stop.\u201d Frog and Toad ate one last cookie. There were many cookies left in the bowl.<\/p>\n
Frog,\u201d said Toad, \u201clet us eat one very last cookie, and then we will stop.\u201d Frog and Toad ate one very last cookie. \u201cWe must stop eating!\u201d cried Toad as he ate another.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d said Frog, reaching for a cookie, \u201cwe need willpower.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is willpower?\u201d asked Toad.<\/p>\n
\u201cWillpower is trying hard not to do something you really want to do,\u201d said Frog.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou mean like trying hard not to eat all these cookies?\u201d asked Toad.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight,\u201d said Frog.<\/p>\n
Frog put the cookies in a box. \u201cThere,\u201d he said. \u201cNow we will not eat any more cookies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we can open the box,\u201d said Toad.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is true,\u201d said Frog.<\/p>\n
Frog tied some string around the box. \u201cThere,\u201d he said. \u201cNow we will not eat any more cookies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we can cut the string and open the box.\u201d said Toad.<\/p>\n
That is true,\u201d said Frog.<\/p>\n
Frog got a ladder. He put the box up on a high shelf. \u201cThere,\u201d said Frog. \u201cNow we will not eat any more cookies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we can climb the ladder and take the box down from the shelf and cut the string and open the box,\u201d said Toad.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is true,\u201d said Frog.<\/p>\n
Frog climbed the ladder and took the box down from the shelf. He cut the string and opened the box.<\/p>\n
Frog took the box outside. He shouted in a loud voice.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, birds, here are cookies!\u201d Birds came from everywhere. They picked up all the cookies in their beaks and flew away.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow we have no more cookies to eat,\u201d said Toad sadly.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot even one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d said Frog, \u201cbut we have lots and lots of willpower.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou may keep it all, Frog,\u201d said Toad. \u201cI am going home now to bake a cake.\u201d<\/p>\n
Renewal, Ray & Anne Ortlund, 1989, Navpress, pp. 73-74<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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