A FROG 'S FABLE

Mothers frogs lay about 100 eggs at a time . These eggs , called frogspawn , are clumped together . They look like little jelly balls with a black eye in the centre of each egg . Since many animals like many animals like to eat these eggs , mother frogs keep them safe . While some mothers carry the eggs on their back , some fathers hide them in their vocal sac . Sometimes , frogspawn floats or sticks to plants .

INSIDE THE EGG

As days go by , the little black eye inside the egg begins to grow . It soon forms the shape of head and a tail and grows into a  baby frog , called a tadpole . It takes the tadpole about ten days to wriggle out of the White jelly . At this stage , the tadpole is to weak to swim far into the water . 

GROWING UP 

The little tadpole soon develops external gills to breathe . In the fourth week , the gills are developed within the body . At eight weeks , two tiny bumps come out near the tail . These bumps soon grow into hind legs . The tadpole 's tail also gradually disappears . By now , the tadpole has two front legs , like its parents .

OUT OF WATER 

Soon the tadpole 's gills change into developed lungs . This helps them to swim to the surface and gulp in air . The metamorphosis of the frog thus gets complete .

LEAVING THE POND 

The little frog now lives on land - at the edge of the pond , under moist stones or on leaves . It swims in the pond but returns to its home on land . It always stays cautious to be away from predators . Waterbirds , such as herons , are specially fond of frogs !