de lodo.

En el lodo hay insectos.

iComo se divierten los patos!

Algunas ranas viejas estaban sentadas
cerca de los lirios.

Miraban a los patos nadando por los
alrededores.

--iQue extranos son los patos!
--dijeron ellas.

--?Como esta V., Senora Pata?--dijo
una de las ranas.

--?Vive V. siempre en el agua?

--No, de ninguna manera,--dijo la
Senora Pata.

--Nuestra casa esta en la hacienda.
Tenemos una casa como la gente.

--iVaya! ivaya! ?porque les hacen
a Vds. una casa?

A nosotras no nos hacen casa.

--Nosotras ponemos huevos para la
gente,--dijo la Senora Pata.

--Y nosotras tambien ponemos huevos,--dijo
la rana.

--Vds. ponen sus huevos en el agua.
A la gente no les gustan sus huevos.
Nuestros huevos son grandes y buenos
para comer.

qui'et--in'sects
beaks--food
queer--peo'ple.

Mrs. Duck gave a party.

All the ducks in the yard were there.

They all went swimming in the river.

They found a quiet place.

"We will have our lunch here," said
Mrs. Duck.

"There are a great many insects
here.
It is a first-rate place to find food."

And she plunged into the water head
first.

And into the water plunged the other
ducks too.

And then they came up again.

Ducks have large flat beaks.

They fill their beaks with mud.

In the mud there are insects.

What a good time ducks have!

Some old frogs were sitting near
the lilies.

They looked at the ducks swimming
all around.

"How queer ducks are!" they said.

"How are you, Mrs. Duck?" said one
of the frogs.

"Do you live in the water all the
time?"

"No indeed," said Mrs. Duck.

"Our home is at the farm.
We have a house like people."

"Well! well! why do they make you
a house?

They don't make a house for us."

"We lay eggs for the people," said
Mrs. Duck.

"And so do we lay eggs," said the
frog.

"You lay your eggs in the water.
People do not like your eggs.
Our eggs are big and good to eat."

huerfanos--campesino--desnatar
rastrillar--heno--maravillosas.

Jaime