A Pet Reader

Chapter 21: The Dog and the Frog

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About This Book

Aimed at beginning readers, this collection presents short poems and simple prose about household and farm animals, including dogs, cats, birds, poultry, horses, rabbits, and small pets. Brief anecdotes, descriptive pieces, and rhymes portray everyday pet behavior, care tasks, and gentle moral lessons about kindness and responsibility toward animals. Sections group similar creatures and alternate playful vignettes with practical tips for feeding, housing, and helping wildlife. Illustrative scenes and accessible language support early reading and introduce empathy for animals.

The Dog and the Frog

One day my dog Jip went out into the garden.

A frog came into the garden, too.

Jip had never seen a frog.

Perhaps the frog had never seen a dog.

So Jip and the frog were both surprised.

Of course the frog was much smaller than Jip.

I thought that the frog would be frightened.

But he didn’t seem to be.

He just looked at Jip and blinked his eyes.

Jip looked at the frog, too.

He really wanted to touch the frog.

But Jip was afraid of the little frog, and ran back to the house.

I didn’t believe that Jip would be such a coward.

I was ashamed of him.