It is the story of two brothers. The older brother is a Frog and a great athlete and is training for the Summer Swamp Games (Olympics). He is getting a lot of attention from his parents, family and friends. The little brother is still a Tadpole and is feeling very left out of all the excitement and feels his parents don’t pay attention to him. The Tadpole runs away from his family’s Lilly Pad on a journey through the Great Swamp where he encounters one of the greatest athletes in the world. He learns how difficult it is to become so accomplished, and that it takes a lot of training and discipline. The tadpole realizes he is not ready for this yet and he misses his parents and their home (Lilly Pad).