THE LAZY FROG
Once upon a time there was a frog who was so lazy that she always remained in the same place. f Her companions said to her: “It is ridiculous to remain always in the same spot; it is monotonous. Why don’t you do as we do?” “It’s too tiring,” replied the frog, yawning.
“But you will starve; you are getting thinner.*’ “I am not,” replied the frog. “On the contrary, I am getting fatter, as I take no exercise. Besides, I have plenty to eat. I gobble down the flies and mosquitoes which pass within reach of my mouth. Look!” And the frog opened her mouth and gobbled down a fat mosquito. The other frogs shook their .heads thinking, “It’s not natural. It’s bound to end badly.” To be sure a day came when the frog had not enough to eat. Flies and mosquitoes were suspicious and flew out of reach of her mouth. The frog grew uneasy. “I shall have to move if I don’t wish to starve,” thought she. Just then a hippopotamus went by. “An idea!” thought the frog. “I am going to jump on the hippopotamus’s snout. I am so small that he will never feel me, and I shall travel along with him without tiring myself.” Unfortunately, just as she jumped the hippopotamus began to yawn. The frog slid down his throat, and the hippopotamus swallowed her without even noticing it.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 282, 18 February 1928, Page 27
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239THE LAZY FROG Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 282, 18 February 1928, Page 27
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