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despair, when she heard one of the frogs whisper
to the other,—

(l If she would only catch the jackdaw and
sweep one off with his tail, she would have no

more trouble. ”
And Eva did as the frog had said, and though

the jackdaw screamed and struggled, and tried to
get away, it did him no good. But she found

that when she had swept one toad-stool olf that
all the rest were as clean and nice as possible,

and there was nothing more to be done to any
of them. And every evening before the Green
Frog went to sleep— she slept every night in a

little pond or pool in th^corner of the hut—Eva

had to walk around the in closure and count the
spiders and see that their webs were whole. But
she never had any trouble,— the webs were always

whole; and one of the spiders was sure to tell
her how many of them there were.

So a whole week went by, and every morning
Eva caught the jackdaw and swept one toad-stool

off with his tail. Now, Mr. Jackdaw did not at
all approve of this, and in the morning, when he

saw Eva coming, he would run away and hide