Friendship is the underlying subject as the beauty and dangers of bayou life are depicted in this, the very first volume in the landmark series. A curious crawfish, Clovis always wants to know why and what things are. He wonders why his bayou is called �Tail of the Frog,� when frogs don�t even have tails. Bertile Butterfly couldn�t care less-she�s interested in only one thing-flowers.