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 little stones had deaf ears. They did not get out of the way. When the toad crawled out of the wrecked violin he was so covered with bruises that he could hardly hop home. The buzzard never knew what became of his violin or why the toad had lost his good looks. To this very day the toad shows his bruises. And he is entirely cured of being a gad about.