Aesop's fables . THE BEAR AND THE FOX. THE OX AND THE FROG I WO little Frogs were playing about at the edge of^ a pool when an Ox came down to the water todrink, and by accident trod on one of them and crushedthe life out of him. When the old Frog missed him,she asked his brother where he was. He is dead,mother, said the little Frog; an enormous big creaturewith four legs came to our pool this morning and trampledhim down in the mud. Enormous, was he ? Was heas big as this ? said the Frog, puffing herself out tolook as big as possible. Oh ! yes, much bigger, wasthe answer. The Frog puffed hers
Aesop's fables . THE BEAR AND THE FOX. THE OX AND THE FROG I WO little Frogs were playing about at the edge of^ a pool when an Ox came down to the water todrink, and by accident trod on one of them and crushedthe life out of him. When the old Frog missed him,she asked his brother where he was. He is dead,mother, said the little Frog; an enormous big creaturewith four legs came to our pool this morning and trampledhim down in the mud. Enormous, was he ? Was heas big as this ? said the Frog, puffing herself out tolook as big as possible. Oh ! yes, much bigger, wasthe answer. The Frog puffed herself out still more. 1 81 * Was he as big as this ? said she. Oh ! yes, yes,mother, MUCH bigger, said the Httle Frog. And yetagain she puffed and puffed herself out till she was almostas round as a ball. As big as . . ? she began—butthen she burst. THE MAN AND THE IMAGE A POOR Man had a wooden Image of a god, to whichhe used to-pray daily for riches. He did this for along time, but remained as poor as ever, till one day hecaught up
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