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A boy went outside to catch frogs the boy triped over a log and fell in the water a pot fell on the boy sh the  frog got away the dog fell in a net. the boy and his dog went home. the frog followed them home bye there footprints. then toke a dath.

-Ricky

Modern-day Commentary

Here’s another one that goes off the rails by the end. The cover is a really nice drawing of a vision-impaired frog, which sets the reader in the right frame of mind for reading a story about a frog. And it’s a good thing, because before you know it, we’re already deep in a story about some boy who must have wanted frogs for some reason. It seems that the boy successfully catches a frog right off the bat, but unfortunately, pot falls on the boy, and the frog gets away. Suddenly, the boy has a dog with him, who happens to fall in a net. Now, it’s not clear if it is the net the boy is using to catch frogs, or if perhaps it is another net that was near the log. At any rate, we gather that this was too much for the boy to handle. He heads home empty-handed, vis-à-vis frogs, at least. Possibly, the dog has been removed from the net, but he might also still be in there. Soon after they make it home, the frog shows up! How’d he get there anyway? Bye their footprints, naturally. Then toke a dath.

Of course!