Once upon a time in a beautiful forest lived a little mouse, he was a sweet little mouse, and a very funny little mouse...but he was also a curious little mouse...one afternoon while he was fishing at the pond near his house he saw a big green frog sitting on a rock. The frog was tanning himself in the hot sun, every now and then, the frog would leap into the pond and cool himself off, he would swim around the tall grass, and under the wide lily pads..and eventually pop back up...the mouse had a little secret...he didn’t know how to swim, and every time he saw the green frog swim in the pond he wanted to ask him if he would teach him how to swim...but the little mouse was a little bit shy, and a little bit embarrassed, and even a little bit intimidated by the big green frog who swam so effortlessly...this afternoon it was especially hot...and the little mouse wished he could dive into the pond, and swim under the lily pads, and around the tall grass...swimming looked like so much fun...the mouse took a biggggg deeeep breath & jumped into the pond...he went down, down, down to the bottom of the deep pond. He kicked his little legs but he wasn’t going up...the water was murky, and he couldn’t hold his breath any longer, he felt everything going black. Then all of a sudden he felt a nudge under him...it was the green frog, he had jumped in and pulled him out of the pond..."What on earth are you doing little mouse?" said the frog...Coughing up water, the little mouse with a tiny voice said "Trying to swim like you Mr. Frog" The frog shook his head & said.."It takes much practice to swim like me, you can't just jump in and expect to know how, after all you are a mouse, not a frog!" The little mouse hung his head real low...he was so sad, he just wanted to cool off from the hot sun, he just wanted to swim like the green frog...a little tear leaked from his eye...The frog felt sorry for the little mouse, and said..."Wait here, I have an idea" He went into the forest and came back with an old drinking straw he found inside an old soda can...he washed it and gave it to Haxley and told him to breathe through the straw when they where underwater. "Yes use the straw just like a snorkle Haxley" said the frog. "Now hop on my back & hold on tight!!" then he jumped into the pond...the little mouse was underwater...breathing through the snorkle!...looking at the pretty fish, and the turtles, and the underwater garden...how magical! He was so happy, and so thankful...and the frog and the mouse had a wonderful afternoon snorkeling together, and exploring the pond…Nite my love...sweet dreams....