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The Winter Sleep

Peter is frightened when Grandfather Frog disappears under the mud.

Grandfather Frog of The Big Green Lily-Pad at the Smiling Pool

The episode is in the paint shop

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The story

  1. The first hard frost. The Smiling Pool goes silent.
  2. Peter cannot find Grandfather Frog anywhere and fears the worst.
  3. He asks everyone. Nobody explains it well.
  4. Jimmy Skunk takes him to the pool and tells him about winter sleep.
  5. Long snowy months, and Peter visits the frozen pool anyway.
  6. First warm day: 'Chug-a-rum.' Peter nearly bursts.

What We Learned

Not every goodbye is forever. Some are only until the world warms up again.

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