Young Tad feels sad and awkward when he begins losing his tail and sprouts legs, but the older frogs reassure him, and an encounter with a snake helps him see things in a new light.
Tombo, the biggest, fastest, and strongest tadpole in the pond, teases and chases all the other tadpoles, but he comes to regret his bullying when he turns into the smallest, slowest, and weakest frog.