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 took out the five hundred pebbles of punishment one by one. When the last one came out, Master Grab let out a great sigh of relief. Once the stones had been gathered and the inside cleaned, the doctor set about sewing up the cut. To do this, he joined the edges of the belly and had the ants sting them there, so that each sting was a stitch. And so he made three stitches, leaving three ants clinging to the frog's belly. Then the doctor took a pair of scissors and guillotined the ants so that only the heads of the poor things remained in the frog's skin.



Master Grab thanked the doctor for his service and, in order not to waste any time, went on to eat the bodies of the three beheaded ants that lay on the ground in dispair. Master Grab never missed his chance!

Once this curious operation was over, Narizinho continued her walk with Mrs. Spider, and later went home very pleased with herself for having saved the life of a poor creature of God who had been condemned to a painful ordeal for the simple fact of being a sleeper.

— Friend Spider," she said, "the prince has forgiven the poor frog. Do you forgive him too?

— Never! replied the spider. I can't ever forget my children...