. Some of Aesop's fables : with modern instances shewn in designs by Randolph Caldecott . THE FROGS DESIRING A KING. THE FROGS DESIRING A KING. I HE Frogs were grieved at their own lawless condition, so theysent a deputation to Zeus begging him to provide them witha King. Zeus, perceiving their simplicity, dropped a Log of woodinto the pool. At first the Frogs were terrified by the splash, anddived to the bottom; but after a while, seeing the Log remainmotionless, they came up again, and got to despise it so muchthat they climbed up and sat on it. Dissatisfied with a King like THE FROGS DESIRI
. Some of Aesop's fables : with modern instances shewn in designs by Randolph Caldecott . THE FROGS DESIRING A KING. THE FROGS DESIRING A KING. I HE Frogs were grieved at their own lawless condition, so theysent a deputation to Zeus begging him to provide them witha King. Zeus, perceiving their simplicity, dropped a Log of woodinto the pool. At first the Frogs were terrified by the splash, anddived to the bottom; but after a while, seeing the Log remainmotionless, they came up again, and got to despise it so muchthat they climbed up and sat on it. Dissatisfied with a King like THE FROGS DESIRING A KING. 23 that, they came again to Zeus and entreated him to change theirruler for them, the first being altogether too torpid. Then Zeuswas exasperated with them, and sent them a Stork, by whom theywere seized and eaten up.
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