One day several boys were playing at the edge of a pond in which lived a family of frogs. The boys abused themselves by throwing stones into the pond so as to make them skin on top of the water. The stones were flying thick and fast, and the boys were enjoying themselves very much; but the poor frogs in the pond were trembling with fear. At last one of the frogs, the oldest and bravest, put his head out of the water, and said, “Oh, please, dear chidren, stop your cruel play! Though it may be fun for you, it means death to us!” Adopted from: httr://mythfolklore.not/aesopica/milowinter/30.him (30th November 2018) There was the bravest among the frogs ... it warned the boys to stop playing.

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One day several boys were playing at the edge of a pond in which lived a family of frogs. The boys abused themselves by throwing stones into the pond so as to make them skin on top of the water.

The stones were flying thick and fast, and the boys were enjoying themselves very much; but the poor frogs in the pond were trembling with fear.

At last one of the frogs, the oldest and bravest, put his head out of the water, and said, “Oh, please, dear chidren, stop your cruel play! Though it may be fun for you, it means death to us!”

Adopted from: httr://mythfolklore.not/aesopica/milowinter/30.him (30th November 2018)

There was the bravest among the frogs ... it warned the boys to stop playing.