Brownie untied the stones. He had not supposed his legs would stretch so quickly as that. And he told himself that Mr. Frog was a good tailor. He certainly knew his business. Now, as a matter of fact, Mr. Frog was a very careless person. He had thrown away Brownie's measurements _before_ he made his clothes, instead of _afterwards_. And he had made the new suit entirely by guesswork. It was only natural that he would make some mistake; and so he had cut the trousers entirely too long. When he discovered that, he wanted to get Brownie out of his shop. And what happened next was simply this: After Brownie's trousers were wet in the pond, they dried while he was sleeping. And while they were drying they were shrinking at the same time. Though Brownie Beaver didn't know it, his legs had not stretched at all. They were exactly the same length they had always been. THE END End of Project Gutenberg's The Tale of Brownie Beaver, by Arthur Scott Bailey