Chapter 1

It was early in the morning when Anne and the Plantar family went to sell scream beans at the stand. Mrs. Croaker, the stand's most faithful customer, bought a whole bagful of them and went about her business. It was just a normal day for the family, well as normal as a talking frog world can be. Nothing exciting was happening and Anne and Sprig were bored. Suddenly One - eyed Wally came by singing one of his weird tunes and Anne came up with a question to ask Hop Pop.

"Why is One - eyed Wally like that? " she asked. "What do you mean? " replied Hop Pop. "I mean, was Wally always this weird? " she asked with a more determined look. Hop Pop said that that was a long story. Sprig was intrigued with this, he didn't know the story either. Polly on the other hand couldn't care less.

Hop Pop started the story, "Well, I don't know the whole story but here's what I do know. Wally was a handsome frog when he was young, he even had a beautiful lady frog. One day, he got a letter from a distant frog cousin that lived in Newtopia who invited him to stay for one week. Wally took up his offer but when he came back he had changed into the looney frog he is today. "

That was all Hop Pop knew but Spranne wanted to know more. Hop Pop told them that they could talk to his former lady: Wanda Sundew, Ivy's aunt!

So off they went.