Question

How were the buffaloes and frogs the boys confidants?
Question from chapter A little world of mud by Ruskin bond.

Answer 1

brought home a number of green tree-frogs. He put them in a glass-jar and left them on a window-sill without telling anyone, anyone at all, of their presence. At about four in the morning the entire household was awakened by a loud and fearful noise, and Grandmother and several nervous relatives gathered on the verandah for safety. Their fear turned to anger when they discovered the source of the noise. At the first glimmer of dawn, the frogs had with one accord burst into song. Grandmother wanted to throw the frogs, bottle and all, out of the window, but Grandfather gave the bottle a good shaking, and the frogs stayed quiet. Everyone went to sleep again, but Grandfather was obliged to stay awake in order to shake the bottle whenever the frogs showed signs of bursting into song again.Fortunately for all concerned, the next day Aunt Mabel took the top off the bottle to see what was inside. The sight of a dozen green tree-frogs so frightened her that she ran off without replacing the cover, and the frogs jumped out and got loose in the garden and were never seen again.Their escape ruined Grandfather’s project of using the tree-frogs as barometers. His idea was to place the frogs in tall bottles with wooden ladders. The steps of the lad- der would act as degree-marks. The frogs would climb to the top in fine weather, but keep to the bottom of the bottle in bad weather. It was Grandfather’s plan to consult his frogs before going out on picnics.But to return to my own pond…. I soon grew into the habit of visiting it on my own, to explore its banks and shallows; and, taking off my shoes, I would wade into the muddy water up to my knees, and pluck the water-lilies off the surface.One day, when I reached the pond, I found it already occupied by the buffaloes. Their owner, a boy a little older than I, was swimming about in the middle of the pon