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the deck and stretched out his legs.
    Carpenter sat nearby.
    Pibbin climbed up onto a branch so he could hear better, and Alix went with him.
    “Watch out,” Alix said. “There’s a snake up above us.”
    “That’s Miss Green,” Pibbin said. “She’s safe.” He would have plenty to tell her about this day.
    The slender green snake glided down the tree to join them.
    Gaffer took a deep breath and began.
    Long, long ago, a pair of beavers left their lodges in the North.
    “Too crowded,” they said. “We need a beautiful place to live.”
    And they swam down the Toop River.
    They passed golden meadows and thick green forests, but they didn’t stop.
    At last they came to a wide, swampy spot in the river. Pine trees and birch trees and berry bushes grew nearby.
    “This is beautiful,” they said. “We’ll make our new home here, and we can tell all of our friends to join us.”
    Right along behind them came a family of intrepid frogs.
    Alix leaned close to Pibbin. “What’s intrepid mean?”
    “Kind of like . . . they’re brave, and they don’t give up.”
    “Okay,” Alix said. He nodded. “Like you.”
    Miss Green dipped her head, nodding too. She smiled at Pibbin, and he smiled back.
     

     

Map of Friendship Bog
     

     

Frog Photos
     

     
     

     
     

     
     

     
     

     
     

     
     

     
    Visit http://www.gloriarepp.com to see more photos and information about frogs like Pibbin and the real Friendship Bogs.

Books by Gloria Repp
     
    For ages 2-8
    Noodle Soup
    A Question of Yams
     
    The Friendship Bog series:
    Pibbin the Small
    The Story Shell
     
    For ages 9-12:
    The Secret of the Golden Cowrie
    The Mystery of the Indian Carvings
    Trouble at Silver Pines Inn
     
    Adventures of an Arctic Missionary series:
    Mik-shrok
    Charlie
    77 Zebra
     
    For ages 12 and up:
    The Stolen Years
    Night Flight
    Nothing Daunted
     
    Visit Gloria at http://www.gloriarepp.com for story resources and discussion questions.

Books by Tim Davis
     
    Tim is a longtime illustrator for Highlights magazine, specializing in Hidden Pictures.
    He has illustrated several books, including the following titles:
    The Cranky Blue Crab
    Pocket Change
    Once in Blueberry Dell
     
    The Friendship Bog Series:
    Pibbin the Small
    The Story Shell
     
    Books written and illustrated by Tim Davis
    Mice of the Herring Bone
    Mice of the Nine Lives
    Mice of the Seven Seas
    Mice of the Westing Wind, Book One
    Mice of the Westing Wind, Book Two
    Tales from Dust River Gulch
    More Tales from Dust River Gulch
     
    Visit Tim’s website at http://www.timdaviscreations.com

Text © 2011 Gloria Repp
    Illustrations and cover © 2011 Tim Davis
    Photographs © 2011 Bill Beck
     
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    http://www.timdaviscreations.com
     
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