: Jerry Todd and the Talking Frog by Edwards Leo Salg Bert Illustrator - Detective and mystery stories; Boys Juvenile fiction; Illinois Juvenile fiction

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JERRY TOD AND THE TALKING FROG

THE BOY IN THE TREE

I got into the bushes quick as scat. Biting hard on my breath, sort of. For right there in front of our eyes was a regular old gee-whacker of a dinosaur. Bigger than the town water tower and the Methodist Church steeple put together. I tell you it was risky for us.

My chum got ready with his trusty bow and arrow.

"Do you think you can hit him in the heart?" I said, excited-like, squinting ahead to where the dinosaur was dragging his slimy body out of the pond.

Scoop Ellery's face was rigid.

"Got to," he said, steady-like. "If I miss, he'll turn on us and kill us both."

"It's a lucky thing for Red and Peg," I said, thinking of my other chums, "that they aren't in it."

"They'll miss us," said Scoop, "if we get killed."

My thoughts took a crazy jump.

"Why not aim for a tickly spot in his ribs," I snickered, pointing to the dinosaur, "and let him giggle himself to death?"

"Sh-h-h-h!" cautioned Scoop, putting out a hand. "He's listening. The wind is blowing that way. He smells us."

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