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Five fat friendly frogs following four flamingoes to the factory.

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F is for Fried

Fried food is food that has been cooked in some kind of fat, usually cooking oil, over direct heat. Potatoes, chicken, and seafood are common fried foods.

F is for Friendly

Someone is friendly if they treat you like you are a friend. Friendly people are usually happy and nice. The woman in the picture seems friendly.

F is for Frighten

You frighten someone when you make them scared or frightened.
The toddler in the picture is trying to frighten his cat.

F is for Frightened

You are frightened when you are afraid of something and you just want to run away or hide from it.

F is for Frill

A frill is a type of trim around the edge of something to make it look prettier. A frill is usually gathered on one edge and free on the other, forming a ruffle.
The frill necked lizard, frilled lizard or frilled dragon is found in dry regions of Australia and New Guinea. It can grow to a metre long including its tail. The lizard has a large frill around its neck that it can raise when it is disturbed, and the frill is meant to frighten off whatever disturbed it. If the frill doesn't work it will run away and hide up a tree.
Frill neck lizards eat insects and small lizards.

F is for Fringe

A fringe is a decoration along the edge of something. Fringes can be fine threads, strips of leather or even a row of tassels.
Fringe can also be used to simply describe something on the edge or outskirts of something else.

F is for Frisbee

A frisbee is a round disc about the size of a plate usually made out of plastic. When you throw it it spins around and can fly a very long way at a slow speed. Frisbees are great fun to throw to other people, or throw to a dog so they can catch it.

F is for Fritter

A fritter is food such as fruit, vegetables or meat that has been coated in batter and fried.

F is for Frock

A frock is another word for a dress.

F is for Frog

Frogs can be found around fresh water, including in deserts when it only rains every few years. They can breathe through their skin when they are in water. Frogs lay eggs, which hatch into tadpoles. Frogs come in a great variety of colours and can range in size from as small as a fingernail up to about 30cm long. Frogs that are very warty are often called toads.

F is for Frond

A frond is a special type of leaf that is usually found on ferns. Palm trees also have fronds. The fronds on ferns start curled up, and uncurl as they grow.

F is for Frost

Frost happens when something gets cold enough for water in the air to freeze on it. Frosts usually happen overnight, and in the morning there will be small ice crystals covering everything.
Frost can kill many kinds of plants, especially young seedlings.

F is for Frosting

Frosting, also called icing, is a sweet, colored layer that you often see on cakes and other baked goods.

F is for Froth

Froth is a collection of tiny bubbles that makes a kind of soft foam. Froth is often found on the top of cappuccinos, and on the seashore.

F is for Frown

A frown is a facial expression that people have when they are sad, dissatisfied, angry, worried or concentrating.

F is for Froze

Froze is the past tense of freeze.

F is for Frozen

Something is frozen if it has been made so cold that it goes solid. When water is frozen it turns to ice. The photo is of some frozen vegetables.

F is for Fruit

Fruits are a sweet part of the plant that the plant uses to spread its seeds. Animals take the fruit and eat it, spreading the seeds inside around. Fruit is usually eaten raw, but can also be cooked or made into jam. Fruit grows when a flower is fertilised by an insect.

F is for Frustrated

To be frustrated means feeling upset or annoyed because something is hard or not going the way you want.

You can feel frustrated when you cannot finish a task or understand something.