side of Billy Mink and they all stood side by side in their
little brown bathing suits looking down into the Smiling Pool.

"Now when I count three we'll all dive into the Smiling Pool
together and see who can dive the deepest. One!" said Billy Mink.
"Two!" said Billy Mink. "Three!" said Billy Mink.

And when he said "Three!" in they all went head first. My such a
splash as they did make! They upset old Grandfather Frog so that
he fell off his lily pad. They frightened Mr. and Mrs. Trout so
that they jumped right out of the water. Tiny Tadpole had such a
scare that he hid way, way down in the mud with only the tip of
his funny little nose sticking out.

"Chug-a-rum," said old Grandfather Frog, climbing out of his lily
pad. "If I wasn't so old I would show you how to dive."

"Come on, Grandfather Frog!" cried Billy Mink. "Show us how to
dive."

And what do you think? Why, old Grandfather Frog actually got so
excited that he climbed up on the Big Rock to show them how to
dive. Splash! Went Grandfather Frog into the Smiling Pool.
Splash! Went Billy Mink right behind him. Splash! Splash! Went
Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat, right at Billy Mink's heels.

"Hurrah!" shouted Mr. Kingfisher, sitting on a branch of the old
beech tree. And then just to show them that he could dive, too,
splash! He went into the Smiling Pool.