Frog and Toad Reader’s Theater Script Adapted from The Garden from Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel

Narrator: Frog was in his garden. Toad came walking by. Toad: What a fine garden you have, Frog. Frog: Yes. It is very nice, but it was hard work. Toad: I wish I had a garden. Frog: Here are some flower seeds. Plant them in the ground and soon you

will have a garden. Toad: How soon? Frog: Quite soon. Narrator: Toad ran home. He planted the flower seeds. Toad: Now seeds. Start growing. Narrator: The seeds did not start to grow. Toad looked at the ground again. Toad: Now seeds. Start growing. Narrator: The seeds did not start to grow. Toad put his head very close to the

ground and shouted. Toad: NOW SEEDS, START GROWING. Narrator: Frog came running up the path. Frog: What is all this noise? Toad: My seeds will not grow.

Frog: You are shouting too much. These poor seeds are afraid to grow. Toad: My seeds are afraid to grow? Frog: Of course. Leave them alone for a few days. Let the sun shine on

them, let the rain fall on them. Soon your seeds will start to grow. Narrator: That night Toad looked out his window. Toad: Drat! My seeds have not started to grow. They must be afraid of the

dark. Narrator: Toad went out to his garden with some candles. Toad: I will read the seeds a story. Then they will not be afraid. Narrator: Toad read a long story to his seeds. All the next day Toad sang songs

to his seeds. And all the next day Toad read poems to his seeds. And all the next day Toad played music to his seeds. Toad looked at the ground. The seeds still did not start to grow.

Toad: What shall I do? These must be the most frightened seeds in the

whole world! Narrator: Then Toad felt very tired and he fell asleep. Frog: Toad, Toad, wake up. Look at your garden! Narrator: Toad looked at his garden. Little green plants were coming up out of

the ground. Toad: At last my seeds have stopped being afraid to grow! Frog: And now you will have a nice garden too. It was very hard work.