u can't jump over the church steeple."

"I believe I can!" exclaimed Bawly, before he thought. You see he didn't
like the fox to think he couldn't do it, for Bawly was proud, and that's
not exactly right, and it got him into trouble, as you shall soon see.

You know that fox was very sly, and the reason he wanted Bawly to try to
jump over the church steeple was so the frog boy would fall down from a
great height and be hurt, and then the fox could eat him without any
trouble, sore feet or none. I tell you it's best to look out when a fox
asks you to do anything.

"Yes, I can jump over the church steeple," declared Bawly, and he hopped
ahead until he came to the church, the fox limping slowly along, and
thinking what a fine meal he'd have when poor Bawly fell, for the fox
knew what a terrible jump it was, and how anyone who made it would be
hurt, but the frog boy didn't.

Bawly tucked the bag of lemons under his leg, and he took a long breath,
and he gave a jump, but he didn't go very far up in the air as his foot
slipped.

"Ha! I knew you couldn't do it!" sneered the fox.

"Watch me!" cried Bawly, and this time he gave a most tremendous and
extraordinary jump, and right up to the church steeple he went, but he
didn't go over it, and it's a good thing, too, or he'd have been all
broken to pieces when he landed on the ground again. But instead he hit
right on top of the church steeple and stayed there, where there was a
nice, round, golden ball to sit on.

"Jump down! Jump down!" cried the fox, for he wanted to eat Bawly.

"No, I'm going to stay here," answered the frog boy, for now he saw how
far it was to the ground, and he knew he'd be killed if he leaped off
the steeple.

Well, the fox tried to get him to jump down, but Bawly wouldn't. And
then the frog boy began to wonder how he'd ever get home, for the
steeple was very high.

Then what do you think Bawly did? Why, he took a lemon and threw it at
the church bell, hoping to ring it so the janitor would come and help
him down. But the lemon was too soft to ring the bell loudly enough for
any to hear.

Then Bawly thought of his peanuts, and he threw a handful of them at the
church bell in the steeple, making it ring like an alarm clock, and the
janitor, who was sweeping out the church for Sunday, heard the bell, and
he looked up and saw the frog on the steeple. Then the janitor, being a
kind man, got a ladder and helped Bawly down, and the fox, very much
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