Children and adults will enjoy reading this wonderfully funny and clever fable.Two frogs are sitting on a lily pad and one of them has a stick. The stick, he says, is to beat off the dog. But there is no dog -- yet. So begin the trials of this hapless pair whose adventures build to a brilliant conclusion. A unique book with all the qualities of a timeless fable.From the Hardcover edition.

Chris Wormell was the winner of the Ragazza Prize at Bologna in 1991. His previous books areWhere I Live and What I Eat, Blue Rabbit and Friends, Animal Train,George and the Dragon.From the Hardcover edition.