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Among the Pond People, a classic by Carolyn Dillingham Pierson, introduces young children to creatures that live near or in ponds through a series of interesting stories including: The Biggest Frog Awakens, The Dance of the Sand-hill Cranes, The Young Minnow Who Would Not Eat When He Should, The Stickleback Father, The Careless Caddis Worm, The Tadpole Who Wanted to Be Grown-Up, The Runaway Water Spiders, The Slow Little Mud Turtle, The Dragon-Fly Children and the Snapping Turtle, The Snappy Snapping Turtle, The Clever Water-Adder, The Good Little Cranes Who Were Bad, The Oldest Dragon-Fly Nymph, The Eels' Moving-Night, The Crayfish Mother, Two Little Crayfishes Quarrel, The Lucky Mink, and The Playful Muskrats.

A delightful volume of nature stories for young children. Presents the adventures of Mother Eel, the Playful Muskrat, the Snappy Snapping Turtle, and the other Pond People. These stories are full of humor, yet cleverly convey information about the frogs, minnows, and other pond residents and often suggest a moral in a delicate manner which no child could resist. Ideally suited for children ages 5 to 7.

THE BIGGEST FROG AWAKENS THE DANCE OF THE SAND-HILL CRANES THE YOUNG MINNOW WHO WOULD NOT EAT WHEN HE SHOULD THE STICKLEBACK FATHER THE CARELESS CADDIS WORM THE TADPOLE WHO WANTED TO BE GROWN-UP THE RUNAWAY WATER SPIDERS THE SLOW LITTLE MUD TURTLE THE DRAGON-FLY CHILDREN AND THE SNAPPING TURTLE THE SNAPPY SNAPPING TURTLE THE CLEVER WATER-ADDER THE GOOD LITTLE CRANES WHO WERE BAD THE OLDEST DRAGON-FLY NYMPH THE EELS' MOVING-NIGHT THE CRAYFISH MOTHER TWO LITTLE CRAYFISHES QUARREL THE LUCKY MINK THE PLAYFUL MUSKRATS

Dear Little Friends:—When the ten Polliwogs came to spend a day with me, some two years ago, I promised to tell you stories of how they and their neighbors live in the pond. I wanted to tell the stories at once, but this is a busy world and story-telling is only play, so there were many things to be done before I could sit down to my desk and hold my pen while the stories slid out of it onto paper. I wonder where all my ten Polliwogs are now!One cannot come to know pond people quite so well as those who live in the forest or in the meadow, yet down in the shining water they live and build their homes and learn much that they need to know. And wherever people are living, and working, and playing, there are stories to be found. The pond people cannot be well or happy long away from the water, and you can only come to know them by watching the ponds and brooks. If you do that and are very quiet, the Minnows will swim to where you are, the Mud Turtles will waddle out on the logs in the sunshine, and you may even see a Crayfish walking backward along the sand.But if you should see a very large, black bug with fore legs which open and shut like jack-knives—then keep away from him, for that is Belostoma. Some time you may see him under the electric lights in the city, for he likes to sprawl around there, and you can look at him on land, but let him alone.Remember that the Dragon-Flies and many of their friends who seem to do nothing but play in the sunshine, have lived long in the dusky pond, and that this life in the air comes only after a long time of getting ready. Remember that if you pick up a Turtle or catch Minnows in a net, you must not leave the Turtle on his back or keep any water-breathing people, like the Minnows, in the air. Watch them for a little while and then let them go free.And then remember, be sure to remember, this: that you are not to get acquainted with the pond people by tumbling into the water or by going into it with your shoes and stockings on. If you do that, your mothers will say, "We wish that Mrs. Pierson had never written about the pond people." And if they should say that, just think how I would feel!- Taken from "Among the Pond People" written by Clara Dillingham Pierson

This book is about the adventures of Mother Eel, the Playful Muskrat, the Snappy Snapping Turtle, and other pond people. The stories mix humor with subtle morals. Suitable for ages 5-7. This book is brought to you by Worldreader, a global non-profit that believes everyone can be a reader. Since 2010, we’ve provided 3 million readers with a low-cost library of over 30,000 relevant ebooks in 43 languages. We produce freshly designed and edited public domain classics to ensure our readers have consistent and free access to the world’s great books. Through your purchase, you are supporting readers and reading everywhere. Find out more at www.worldreader.org.