Some of Aesop's fables with modern instances shewn in designs by Randolph Caldecott . THE OX AND THE FROG. THE OX AND THE FROG. A N Ox, as he was drinking at the waters edge, crushed a youngFrog underfoot. When the mother Frog came to the spot(for she happened to be away at the time) she asked his brotherswhere he was. He is dead, mother, they said ; a few minutesago a great big four-legged thing came up and crushed him deadwith his hoof. Thereupon the Frog began to puff herself out andask whether the animal was as big as that. Stop, mother, dontput yourself about, they said; you will burst in
Some of Aesop's fables with modern instances shewn in designs by Randolph Caldecott . THE OX AND THE FROG. THE OX AND THE FROG. A N Ox, as he was drinking at the waters edge, crushed a youngFrog underfoot. When the mother Frog came to the spot(for she happened to be away at the time) she asked his brotherswhere he was. He is dead, mother, they said ; a few minutesago a great big four-legged thing came up and crushed him deadwith his hoof. Thereupon the Frog began to puff herself out andask whether the animal was as big as that. Stop, mother, dontput yourself about, they said; you will burst in two long beforeyou can make yourself the same size as that beast. THE OX AND THE FROG. 75
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