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NARRATOR At the side of a pond sit a small frog and a large bullfrog.
LITTLE FROG
Oh Daddy, there is a terrible monster! He is as big as a mountain. He has two horns on his head, a long tail and hooves split in two! NARRATOR The bullfrog is very vain. BULLFROG Tsk, tsk, my child, it is only the farmer's ox. He is a little bigger than I am. LITTLE FROG Oh, Daddy! He is huge! BULLFROG Watch! I can become as big as he is! NARRATOR Bullfrog breathes in a lot of air and puffs himself up. BULLFROG Is the ox as big as I am? LITTLE FROG Bigger than that, Daddy. NARRATOR Again, the bullfrog breathes in to puff himself up more, and then asks the same question. BULLFROG Is the ox as big as I am? LITTLE FROG Bigger than that , Daddy. NARRATOR Once more the bullfrog breathes in and puffs himself up as much as possible, and again he asks the question. BULLFROG Is the ox as big as I am? NARRATOR |
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THE FROG AND THE OX
by Wanda |
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NARRATOR Squatting in the reeds at the edge of a still pond, the grand-daddy of all bullfrogs is just about to doze off for his afternoon nap. He slowly opens one eye, then the other as his youngest frog son bounds up to him, barely controlling his long fly-paper tongue. LITTLE FROG (Ribbiting excitedly) Oh Daddy, there is a horrendously huge monster up on the hill! He's a mountainous fur-covered lump with two tapering horns on his head, a bug-swatter on the rear and his feet are frog-squashing split hooves! NARRATOR Lumpy, leather-skinned old Bullfrog let his vanity show as he answered his unworldly young son. BULLFROG (Croaking arrogantly) Tsk, tsk, my child, it is merely the farmer's ox. That matted creature is somewhat larger than I only when I've let out all my air to bathe in the sun. LITTLE FROG But, Daddy! He is a lumbering behemoth! BULLFROG Watch me! I can be a moth as big as he is! NARRATOR Bullfrog sucks in two big gulps of air and inflates himself to twice his size. BULLFROG (Trying not to exhale) Is Ox as big as I am? LITTLE FROG You'll have to get bigger than that, Daddy. NARRATOR Bullfrog inhales again, drawing in enough air to become three times his normal size. Through pursed lips, he asks the same question. BULLFROG Is Ox as big as I am? LITTLE FROG You'll have to get much bigger than that , Daddy. NARRATOR Once more bulging Bullfrog draws in as much air as possible, barely managing to ask the question once more. BULLFROG ........ Ox ....... big ......... as... I..? NARRATOR With his last word, ballooned Bullfrog burst! The suddenly liberated air from the deflated ego whooshed the dismayed little Frog to the ground. LITTLE FROG Oh Daddy, what a depressing sight! You went from fat to flat! NARRATOR The moral of the story: Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction. |
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