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Five fat friendly frogs following four flamingoes to the factory.

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Fiddling is a word for making a lot of small, repetitive movements, usually with another object. For example, "stop fiddling with your hair" or "if you fiddle with the aerial enough the TV should work".

A similar word to fiddle is twiddle.

F is for Field

A field is a large area of ground that is used either to grow crops or for farm animals to graze on. Fields usually have a fence around the edge.

F is for Fifth

Fifth comes after fourth, and before sixth, being the number five thing in a series.

F is for Fig

Figs are the flower of a medium sized tree that is grown almost all over the world. It is originally from the Iran and Pakistan area. It can be grown in most climates, and will tolerate some degree of frost and drought. Figs can be eaten raw, made into jam, cooked into desserts or most commonly, dried.
You can grow your own figs in several different ways. You can take cuttings of bare branches in late winter to early spring before the leaves grow and put them in a sheltered spot in some sandy potting soil. You can also grow them by bending over a young branch and pinning the bend into some soil, waiting for roots to grow at the bend and then cutting the branch from the main tree. Or you can grow figs by layering.

F is for Fight

When two or more people or animals get angry with each other, sometimes they will fight, and try and hurt each other with words or their fists. Sometimes people fight for money, as in a boxing match or street fighting.
Animals often fight with each other over food, nesting space, or at breeding season.
You can also use fight as a noun, as in "those people are having a fight".

F is for Figurine

A figurine is a small statue, usually of a person, that is used as an ornament. Figurines can be made out of wood, ceramic or many other materials.

F is for File (Data)

A file is a collection of related pieces of paperwork. Files are usually stored inside a file cabinet. The process of storing files is called filing, for example "please file this under T".
On a computer, a file is a block of data that is accessed by its file name.

F is for File (Tool)

A file is a tool made for scraping the surface of materials like wood or metal. Files are usually long and narrow, and have a side roughened by a pattern of grooves or ridges.

The man in the picture is filing a horse's hoof to shape.
A file cabinet, or filing cabinet, is a piece of furniture with large drawers in it that have a rail inside. You can hook files onto the rails and store your paperwork inside them.

F is for Filed

Filed is the past tense of file.

F is for Filipino

Filipino, also known as Tagalog, is a language spoken in the Philippines by about 57 million people.

It can also mean a person from the Philippines.

F is for Fill

Filling is the process you take to make something full. The bucket in the picture is being filled with water from a faucet.

F is for Filled

Filled is the past tense of fill. Once something has been filled, it is full.

F is for Filly

A filly is a young female horse.

F is for Filter

A filter is something that lets some things pass through it, but stops other things. Filters are found in many places. When you make coffee, you use a filter to stop the solid parts of the coffee from getting in the liquid part that you drink.
The filters in the picture are a clean and dirty air filter. The filter on the right is full of all the dirt and grime that has been stopped from going through the filter.

F is for Filth

Filth is disgusting, dirty waste. You might also use filth as an insult, for example "you people are all filth".

F is for Fin

A fin is a fish's limb. Fish have fins instead of arms, legs or wings. Fish can have a lot more than just four fins.
Fins can also be used to describe any small fin-like object that is used for stability, like fins on a boat or an aircraft.

F is for Finch

Finches are small, seed-eating songbirds. They come in a huge variety of colours and patterns, and can be found all over the world. Many finches are very pretty and make good pets.

F is for Find

You find something if you simply stumble upon it by chance, or you are actively looking for it until you find it. The little girl in the picture is looking for shells.