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999 Tadpoles
Written by Ken Kimura and Illustrated by Yasunari Murakami.
© 2011 NorthSouth Books, NewYork /USA
First published in Japan in 2003 by Child Honsha Co., Ltd.
through Japan Foreign-Rights Centre
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999
Tadpoles
by Ken
Kimura
illustrated by
Yasunari Murakami
Text copyright © 2003 by Ken Kimura.
Illustrations copyright © 2003 by Yasunari Murakami.
English text copyright © 2011 by North-South Books Inc., New York 10001.
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photo-copying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system,
without permission in writing from the publisher.
First published in Japan in 2003 by Child Honsha Co., Ltd. under the title 999-hiki no kyôdai no ohikkoshi.
First published in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia in 2011
by North-South Books Inc., an imprint of NordSüd Verlag AG, CH-8005 Zürich, Switzerland.
English translation by Child Honsha Co., Ltd. and Japan Foreign-Rights Centre. Edited by Susan Pearson.
Distributed in the United States by North-South Books Inc., New York 10001.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.
Printed in Belgium by Proost N.V., B 2300 Turnhout, November 2010.
ISBN: 978-0-7358-4013-3 (trade edition)
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o
ne warm spring day, 999 tadpoles
were born. Although they were tiny,
they were full of energy. Mother and
Father Frog were very proud.
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The 999
tadpoles grew and grew and
grew, until one day they grew into frogs.
Now the pond was too small for them.
“We can’t
move!” one called.
“We can’t
breathe!” called another.
“Don’t push!” called a third.
“We have
a situation here,” said Father.
“We’ll have to move,” said Mother.
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So 999
young frogs scrambled to get
out of the pond.
said Mother. “The world is
“Shhhh,”
a dangerous place. You must be careful.”
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“Follow your father,” said Mother.
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So
999 young frogs followed their father
across the field. But no matter how far they
went, all they saw was more grass.
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“When will we get there?” asked one.
“I’m hungry,” said another.
“I’m tired,” said a third.
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“Keep hopping,” said Father, “or a scary snake might
get you!”
“What’s
a snake?” asked the frog children.
“A snake can eat a whole frog in just one swallow,”
mouth and a very
said Father. “It has a very
body.”
looooooong
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BIG
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“Like
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this
?” asked the children.
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said Father.
“TheYES!
”
snake was sleeping peacefully. It must have just eaten.
FOR YOUR LIVES!” said Mother. “Before the
“RUN
snake wakes up.”
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So 999 young frogs ran for their lives across the field.
They
didn’t notice a hungry hawk flying over their
heads. Then the hawk swooped down . . .
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. . . and grabbed Father!
“Let me go!”
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“Not
a chance,” said the hawk,
cried Father.
and rose into the sky.
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“Let him go!”
“Let them go!”
cried Mother, and she
grabbed on to Father’s leg.
and they grabbed on too.
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cried 999 young frogs,
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“Why
is this frog getting so heavy?” the hawk
wondered, and he looked back. Wow! He was
carrying a whole year’s supply of frogs! He
was so pleased, he flew even higher.
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The 999 young frogs loved it.
“This is great!”
said one.
“What a view!” said another.
“Wheeeee!”
said a third.
Mother and Father were not as enthusiastic.
They were worried about falling.
“Don’t let go!” warned Mother.
“No matter what!” added Father.
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The hawk
flew on and on.
999 young frogs were getting restless.
“I’m hungry,” said one.
“When
will we get there?” asked another.
“I’m tired,” said a third.
The 999 young frogs began to wiggle. And every time
one wiggled, the hawk swerved.
“Hang
in there, Hawk,” said Father. “Don’t let us go!”
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But the hawk
couldn’t hold on any longer.
“Aaaaaaagggggghhhhhh!”
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Father cried.
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Mother
and Father and 999 young frogs
fell down from the sky.
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Splash!
Splash!
!
h
s
a
l
Sp
Splash!
!
h
s
a
Spl
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!
h
s
a
l
p
S
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Mother
and Father and 999
young frogs fell into a pond.
A
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BIG
pond.
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“It’s cool!”
said one.
“It’s wet!”
said another.
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“It’s home!” said a third.
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And that’s how Mother and Father and
their 999 young frogs found a new home.
For all I know, they’re still there singing
RIBBIT RIBBIT RIBBIT.
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K-2 Formative Tools
“The Glass Frog” from LIZARDS, FROGS
AND POLLIWOGS by Douglas Florian.
Copyright © 2001 by Douglas Florian. Reproduced by permission of
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Authorized Permissions and Restrictions
The poem, “The Glass Frog”, is Copyrighted Material.
PARCC, Inc. has entered into a licensing agreement with the publisher to allow teachers in
PARCC member states to use this digital file:
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only in school,
only in conjunction with this PARCC Performance Task,
as a read aloud to children,
by displaying a projected image of the digital file using an electronic projection device,
until expiration of this license on April 30, 2025. Upon expiration, the file should be
deleted. To request authorization for continued use, contact PARCC, Inc. or the
publisher.
Except as stated above, PARCC’s license does not allow you to reproduce, photocopy or
distribute this digital file in any way. You are responsible to store this digital file in a secure
manner for your use in subsequent school years.
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