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replied. ‘But we will all study tadpoles to learn more about them.’
    Suddenly, Og dived down in the water side of his tank and began splashing loudly.
    ‘What’s wrong with him?’ Joey asked.
    ‘Maybe he doesn’t want any competition,’ Mrs Brisbane said with a smile. ‘Or maybe he’s excited to have new friends.’
    What’s so exciting about two new friends when they’re only specks? Having a hamster friend is much more interesting.
    When Tall-Paul came up to the tank, he just shook his head. ‘It’s hard to believe those two dots will become frogs like Og.’
    ‘BOING-BOING!’ Og said.
    ‘Right!’ I agreed.
    Joey explained that they wouldn’t be exactly like Og, because he was a green frog and they were leopard frogs.
    ‘Wow!’ Tall-Paul said. ‘Will they have spots?’
    ‘Yep,’ Joey replied.
    Helpful-Holly asked, ‘Will they be our classroom pets, like Humphrey and Og?’
    ‘NO-NO-NO!’ I squeaked. ‘They are nothing like Og and me!’
    I’m sorry to admit it, but I didn’t like the idea at all.
    ‘They belong to Joey,’ Mrs Brisbane said. ‘For now … let’s just watch them grow.’

    I watched the specks that night, but I didn’t see any changes.
    ‘Nothing yet,’ I squeaked to my neighbour.
    Og stayed strangely silent.
    When Aldo came in to clean Room 26, he was surprised to find a new aquarium on the table between Og’s tank and my cage.
    ‘What is this?’ he asked, peering at the specks.
    ‘Two tadpoles!’ I squeaked. Of course, I knew that he didn’t understand me.
    Aldo stared and stared and then he chuckled. ‘Tadpoles!’ he said. ‘Twin tadpoles.’ He kept chuckling as he swept the floor. ‘Twins, twins everywhere. I think I’m seeing double!’
    He turned in Og’s direction. ‘How do you feel about twin frogs, Og?’
    But Og just sat there like a rock.

    Og was silent all night long.
    The specks didn’t change one bit. Were they really alive?
    Although I’m usually active at night, Room 26 was so boring, I fell asleep. And I didn’t wake up until sunlight was streaming through the window and Mrs Brisbane opened the door.
    ‘Morning!’ she said in a cheery voice.
    ‘Morning,’ I squeaked.
    Og was still silent.
    I glanced over and saw that Mrs Brisbane was carrying a vase with some very colourful flowers in it. They were red, yellow, orange and purple.
    ‘How are these for signs of spring?’ she asked as she set the vase on her desk.
    ‘Very nice!’ I said.
    By the time she had taken off her coat, Thomas and Felipe had run into the room.
    ‘Look at this sign of spring.’ Thomas spread his arms wide and turned in a circle. ‘My mum didn’t make me wear my winter jacket. I was getting really tired of that old thing. Besides, the arms were getting way too short! I won’t be wearing that jacket any more.’
    Mrs Brisbane held up the vase of flowers. ‘Here’s my sign of spring. Tulips!’
    ‘Wow, look at all the colours,’ Felipe said.
    Soon, other friends hurried into Room 26.
    Slow-Down-Simon raced through the door, and instead of heading to the cloakroom to hang up his jacket, he ran straight towards our table.
    ‘Whoa! I can’t believe it!’ he shouted as hegazed down at the aquarium. ‘This is amazing!’
    Felipe, Thomas, Nicole and Sophie joined him.
    ‘Wow!’ Thomas shouted. ‘You’ve got to see this!’
    ‘Oh!’ Sophie said.
    ‘I can’t believe it!’ Nicole added.
    Felipe just laughed.
    ‘WHAT-WHAT-WHAT?’ I squeaked as I scurried up to the tippy top of my cage to get a better look.
    Soon, Mrs Brisbane joined them. ‘Oh!’ she said as she peered into the aquarium. ‘Oh, that’s wonderful!’
    They all stared at the aquarium.
    I stared, too. Instead of two specks stuck in some strange gel, I saw two specks swimming.
    ‘Og, can you see?’ I squeaked.
    Og was still strangely silent. I hoped he wasn’t sick with some kind of frog flu.
    More of my classmates gathered around the aquarium. Mrs Brisbane made sure they all