Shivers

Toad
This is a good night for a scary story
Would you like to hear one?

I don't know, Frog
Don't you like to be scared?
I'm not so sure

When I was a very young frog
I went on a picnic with my parents

Mother Frog and Father Frog
It was a lovely picnic in the wood

Mother Frog?
Yes, Father Frog?
I have some news
It isn't very good

What is the news?
What is the news?
Father Frog
What is the news?

When we sat down on our picnic
The sun was on the right
And I could tell direction
By the angle of the light

But now it's gotten cloudy
We've travelled pretty far
And I hate to have to tell you
But I don't know where we are

You mean we're lost?
Yes, we are lost
We are lost
Yes, we are lost

You were lost?
Yes, we were lost
My goodness
You were, we are lost

There, there mother
Why are you so upset?
It's nothing, son
Mother's only tired, that's all

Don't you think we should tell him, dear?
Tell me what? (tell him what?)
What lurks out there
What lurks out there? (what lurks out there?)

This is bound to frighten you
This is bound to frighten you
Tell me
Very well

There is a frog
A large and terrible frog
He is terribly large
And largely terrible

Terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible
Large and terrible frog

He's mean and awful
And he's awful mean
And his wrinkly skin
Is pasty green

He eats little bunnies
Dipped in dirt
And he likes frog children
For dessert (oh my)

He is a frog
A large and terrible frog
He is terribly large
And largely terrible

Terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible
Large and terrible frog

Your mother and I will go off
In search of the pathway home
You stay right here

And so off my parents went
In search of the pathway home
They left you all alone?
Yes, and soon it became dark

Did this really happen, Frog?
Maybe yes and maybe no
Should I stop telling you the story?
No, no, no, tell me, tell me

Very well
As I said, it was getting dark
And there I was

I'm a young little frog
All alone in the night
My parents have left
Which doesn't seem right

I am very afraid, that is how I feel
I don't wish to end up a meal
I think eating others is rude
And I bet that it hurts being chewed

I have such ambitious dreams and wishes
And none of my plans include
Not growing up
Because I wound up being food

And I waited and waited
And it grew darker and darker
And suddenly
I had the feeling I was not alone

Not alone? (not alone)
And then I looked up
And I saw two great eyes
Staring right at me

Aaah, who are you?
I am the large and terrible frog
Aaah, are you going to eat me?

Not just yet
I have eaten so many frog children
Already tonight
That I have no appetite

Oh, well, it was very nice to have met you
I'll be going now
Not so fast
First, you must do something for me

Oh, I'd be only too happy to
What is it?
After dinner, I like to have a little exercise
So I can work up an appetite for a late snack

Exercise?
Yes, skipping rope
And you shall turn for me
Take hold of that hand
Yes, your large and terribleness

Skippy, skippy, skippy, skippy every night
Skipping rope to generate an appetite
Tag pole, tag pole, polly walk
Soon I will be snacking on a little frog

Skippy, skippy, skippy, skippy every night
Skipping rope to generate an appetite
Some like muffins, some like skulls
I like the taste of little froggy bones

Alright, my appetite has returned
Now come to me, little frog
This is terrible
Well, he is the large and terrible frog

What did you do?
What shall I do?
What did you do?
What shall I do?

Whatever did you
Shall I do?

He started coming toward me
But my hand was on the rope
He was just enormous
But he also was a dope

I ran around in circles
'Til I tied him to a tree
You little whipersnapper
What have you done to me?

And then I ran, and ran, and ran
And ran, and ran, and ran
He ran, and ran, and ran
And ran, and ran, and ran

I ran, and ran, and ran
And then I found my parents in a glen

So then we came on upon a path
And we went home and took a bath
A long and hard and steamy
Absolutely dreamy

Finally out of trouble, bubble
Did this really happen, Frog?
Maybe yes and maybe no
Bath