How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #1
But best of all was the warm thick slobber
Of frogspawn that grew like clotted water (8–9)
The only way to get frogspawn is if two frogs mate. Our speaker might not be thinking about this yet, but those are the (slimy) facts.
Quote #2
The daddy frog was called the bullfrog
And how he croaked and how the mammy frog (16–17)
The male frog courts the female frog by croaking. Love is in the air! It's part of their mating ritual. Again, it doesn't seem like the speaker has made this connection yet, but it shows he is learning about the sexual reproduction of frogs.