Paul EN 2 de marzo 2007 Transcribed by Lisa Brunetti A frog on his own Ok. Once upon a time there was a little boy named Timmy # who went to spend the day in the city park # with his favorite pets. ## Timmy loved to follow the butterflies and his dog Waldo loved to # run around and # play in the nature # and the turtle just liked to hang around and be near Timmy. But Francis, his pet frog, loved adventure, and would like to go and venture in the park on his own. # So, as Timmy and the other animals went over the hill, Francis # stayed behind and waved goodbye # to start his little adventure for the day. ## Francis was very hungry # and he d- -- wanted to catch a fly for lunch, and he looked around and looked around and then he said: "Oh_! I see the one I want!" and his tongue stretched out of his mouth and found the perfect insect, enough for one entire meal! ## As his tongue wrapped around the insect, he slowly pulled it into his mouth, # salivating at the at the aspect of being able to have such a wonderful lunch, and then_, as he swallowed it, something happened... There was buzzing in his stomach, and his stomach got bigger and bigger, and Francis was s- scared! ## Francis felt a sharp pain on his tongue, like a hm, like a knife went into there and caused a big welt. He pushed his tongue out and out came a giant bee! # Francis was still very hungry and he looked over on the other side of the park, and he saw a couple getting ready to have a wonderful picnic lunch. ## Francis slowly crept into the picnic basket, finding something wonderful to eat, while the couple had a wonderful conversation in the sunlight. ## The woman # slowly put her hand into the basket, looking for a treat for herself, when she c- s- c- -- felt something slimy # on her arm! ## The slimy thing was going farther and farther up her arm and she pulled her arm out of the basket and there was Francis, staring at her! He had never seen such a beautiful woman, so he wanted to say "hello!"! # The woman got scared, and threw her arms up in the air and Francis went flying_. ### As he flew and flew through the air, he landed on a branch and he looked over, and he saw a little boy # sitting # along the pond. # And the boy was playing with his favorite little sailboat. # The mother nearby_ # was watching her son play as she read # a wonderful book. ### Francis says: "I must play with this sailboat!" and he flew off the branch # towards the sailboat and landed directly in the hull of the boat, # but he was so big for the little boat, that the boat sank in the water, # and the boy, # watching all of this, was-- could not believe his eyes, # as Francis sunk in torpedo the poor boy's little sailboat! # The boy began to cry: "Mummy! Mummy! I lost my sailboat! # Something landed in my sailboat!" The mother had to put down her book and pull up her dress so she could run into the pond and retrieve the poor boy sailboat. She was getting very annoyed. Francis was able to _swim away, like a submarine, to the other side of the pond, where he saw another boy and his mother. # This boy was just a little baby in-- sitting in his stroller, while his mother # was reading a magazine. # Francis # leaped into the stroller # and _stared at the little boy. The little boy was wearing a little bunny outfit, and Francis was thinking: "Wow! # What a big bunny this bunny is! # I have to talk to him!" # The boy just stared at Francis wondering where he came from. # And the mother, not really paying attention, # was about to feed the baby when she slid the milk # bottle into the into the, # I'm sorry, into the c- into the carriage, # when all of a sudden Francis thought: "Oh I'm finally gonna have something to eat_!" And he began to drink from the baby bottle! # The mother looked over at the hun- -- what she thought was gonna be the hungry baby she could hear # Francis drinking up the bottle, # was startled! And Francis grabbed the bottle, the baby was crying, and there was a nearby cat, # who was also very hungry, and he wanted to get Francis more than anything, and he jumped under the stroller and was going to attack Francis! # The mother grabbed her baby as the cat flipped the stroller over, # and Francis ran for his life and the cat was chasing him. ## The cat was too fast for Francis and the cat lapped up near and grabbed Francis by the back leg and pulled him to the ground and it was # gonna be Francis last moment on earth for sure, # when all of a sudden, the cat heard a noise and looked up... ## and it was Timothy! Timothy and a- and the other pets came to the rescue of Francis, and the dog_, Waldo, he barked and barked and chased the cat away_, # and the turtle was so happy, he even poked his body out of the bucket to say "hello", and Francis had the biggest smile on his face. ## Francis was so tired from his big adventure, that he rested in Timothy's arm and Timothy, and Francis, and the other pets # left the park # after a big day of adventure.