Toad baked some cookies.
"These cookies smell very good," said Toad.
He ate one.
"And they taste even better," he said.
Toad ran to Frog's house.
"Frog, Frog," cried Toad, "taste these cookies that I have made."
Frog ate one of the cookies.
"These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!" said Frog.
Frog and Toad ate many cookies, one after another.
"You know, Toad," said Frog, with his mouth full, "I think we should stop eating.
We will soon be sick."
"You are right," said Toad.
"Let us eat one last cookie, and then we will stop."
Frog and Toad ate one last cookie.
There were many cookies left in the bowl.
"Frog," said Toad, "let us eat one very last cookie, and then we will stop."
Frog and Toad ate one very last cookie.
"We must stop eating!" cried Toad as he ate another.
"Yes," said Frog, reaching for a cookie, "we need will power."
"What is will power?" asked Toad.
"Will power is trying hard not to do something that you really want to do," said Frog.
"You mean like trying not to eat all of these cookies?" asked Toad.
"Right," said Frog.
Frog put the cookies in the box.
"There," he said. "Now we will not eat any more cookies."
"But we can open the box," said Toad.
"That is true," said Frog.
Frog tied some string around the box.
"There," he said. "Now we will not eat any more cookies."
"But we can cut the string and open the box," said Toad.
"That is true," said Frog.
Frog got a ladder. He put the box up on a high shelf.
"There," said Frog. "Now we will not eat any more cookies."
"But we can climb the ladder and take the box down from the shelf and cut the string and open the box,"
said Toad.
"That is true," said Frog.
Frog climbed the ladder and took the box down from the shelf. He cut the string and opened the box.
Frog took the box outside.
He shouted in a loud voice, "HEY BIRDS, HERE ARE COOKIES!"
Birds came from everywhere. They picked up all the cookies in their beaks and flew away.
"Now we have no more cookies to eat," said Toad sadly. "Not even one."
"Yes," said Frog, "but we have lots and lots of will power."
"You may keep it all, Frog," said Toad. "I am going home now to bake a cake."
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Grandma says 'Keep da will power Frog. Me want COOKIEEEES'! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
I can't believe you asked for an alternate ending. While we wait for your Dad to weigh in, I'll start:
Frog got a ladder. He put the box up on a high shelf.
"There," said Frog. "Now we will not eat any more cookies."
"But we can climb the ladder and take the box down from the shelf and cut the string and open the box," said Toad.
"That is true," said Frog, "and, by the way, I'm tired of listening to your incessant arguing."
So Frog went into the bedroom and took the big sheet off of his bed. He ripped the sheet into strips and used the strips to tie Toad up. Toad begged Frog to let him go, but by this time, Frog was so tired of listening to Toad, that he stuffed a used hankerchief in Toad's mouth to keep him quiet. Then Frog climbed the ladder, got the box, cut the string and sat down right in front of Toad and ate yummy cookie after yummy cookie until they were all gone! Then he burped cookie burps and tooted cookie toots, and said "Thanks for the cookies, Toad!"
Epilogue: Frog put Toad on a ship bound for Russia, and opened a bakery. His specialty was cookies. Yes, the very recipe that Toad had used! And the rest of the world rejoiced because capitalism had prevailed, and no one ever heard from pinko commie Toad again.
LMAO!!! :D Great alternate ending...I can't improve on perfection!
Two things:
Firstly, we've never been without Frog and Toad books (or rather tattered, now coverless hardbacks) in our home ever since our first son was born (13 years ago). They never stop being fun to read.
Secondly, and more importantly (to me at least), we always have a full cookie jar at our house. Seriously, it has never been empty for more than a few days at a time. And this is not (primarily) because "The kids like 'em," for as far as will power (or I should say, lack of will power) goes, I, the mother, have an ongoing addiction to homemade chocolate chip cookies (and the endless variations thereof) that have lead me to bake them up on an average of two times a week for the last ten years.
And I too have to agree with Toad (and you :) on this one. Will Power be hanged!!!
For what fun... or YUM... would life be without COOKIES!!!!
You all are awesome!! (Even you, Aunt B, with your typical commie insert. What IS it with those commies showing up in your stories?! :)) And Leah, I can only hope to match your cookie-making prowess. My average is more like once every three weeks. But I can see as the boys get older, the baking is getting more frequent (i.e chocolate chips ALWAYS on the grocery list). No will power, I guess. :)
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