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This article by Alber contains diagrams for La Grenouille (The Inflatable Frog). The author is aware that this frog can be made to jump but not that it can be inflated.

The final sentences read, roughly,: 'The lotus flower, that we taught you at the beginning of the year, and the frog are certainly the most curious paper constructions of little Japanese children. We believe we can affirm that they are currently unknown in France, and that it is our readers who have seen them first.'

The date of the issue of Mon Journal in which this article appeared was kindly provided to me by Michel Grand.

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The penultimate sentence says, roughly, 'The lotus flower, which we have explained at the beginning of the year, and the frog are certainly the most curious paper constructions of the little Japanese.'

The final sentence says, roughly, 'We believe we can affirm that this design is until today unknown in France and that our readers who have had it first.' (This was untrue since it had already been published inter alia in 'La Nature' in 1889.)

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