By the Roadside (Dunn and Troxell)/The Toads That Took a Trip

One spring Mrs. Gray planted a small garden of her own. She liked lettuce so well that she planned to grow a great deal of it. She said that she would put in some seed every two or three weeks.
Soon the lettuce began to come up. The leaves were tender and green. Every time Mrs. Gray went to the
One morning Mrs. Gray went out to her garden to see whether the lettuce was large enough to cut. But instead of her thick bed of green lettuce she found only a few plants growing here and there. She was very sorry that her little lettuce plants were almost all gone. She stooped down and looked
That evening she said to Mr. Gray, "Something has eaten almost all of my tender young lettuce."
"I wonder what could have done it," said Mr. Gray. "I will go to the garden and see whether I can tell."
When Mr. Gray came back into the house, he said, "I know what it was. Some slugs have been getting your lettuce."
"But I did not see any slugs," said Mrs. Gray.
"Oh, no," replied Mr. Gray. "Slugs eat young plants at night, and then before daylight comes they hide."
"What can I do to keep the slugs away from my lettuce bed?" asked Mrs. Gray.
"Toads will eat the slugs. Toads are good friends to have in the

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