A person was sick.
"Go get Doctor Toad," the people said to Bullfrog and Turtle; Toad was a medicine-man.
Bullfrog hopped fast and he returned with Doctor Toad before Turtle was even halfway there.
Next time a person was sick, they sent Snail. Snail was so slow he didn't even get beyond the doorstep. Snail was ashamed; that's why he stays in his shell.
Next time, they sent Bullfrog and Turtle, but Bullfrog was lazy. He didn't go.
Turtle came back with Doctor Toad, and Bullfrog was so ashamed he jumped into the pond: ker-plunk! That's where he lives now.
(bullfrog)
This story comes from Sam Brown, son of Margaret Brown, as reported in Catawba Texts. The story doesn't explain how terrapin managed to beat bullfrog, so I said that bullfrog was being lazy. Compare also the story told by Susan Harris about rabbit and snail going for the doctor.
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