![]() ![]() Frog suggests they invent various devices to separate themselves from the cookies, yet they find ways of returning to the cookies, nonetheless. They become increasingly concerned by their inability to stop eating the cookies. In “Cookies,” Toad bakes some very delicious cookies, takes them to Frog, and the two spend all afternoon eating the cookies. It would be impolite to assume you, noble reader, are not intimately familiar with all the Frog and Toad stories, but, in case too many years have elapsed between today and your last reading, I will briefly describe the four stories I read to my sophomores: Yesterday, I read my sophomore humanities students four stories from a Frog and Toad anthology. When I meet a sane adult, I assume his sanity comes largely from having heard Frog and Toad stories in his youth. ![]() If I were not a Christian, Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad books would be my holy scripture. ![]()
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