No puddles from which animals may drink should be allowed to accumulate.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
It was further found that these malaria-bearing mosquitoes could breed only in small puddles, or pools, that were either permanent or present six months out of the year, and that did not communicate with, or drain into, any stream through which fish could enter them.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
The stork's red legs were so long, and the birds could wade in such deep water, that hundreds of frogs were soon eaten up, and there were many widows and orphans in the ponds and puddles.
"Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks"
William Elliot Griffis