The Frogs Asking for a King


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DATE: Nov. 26, 2013, 1:59 p.m.

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  1. THE FROGS, grieved at having no established Ruler, sent ambassadors
  2. to Jupiter entreating for a King. Perceiving their simplicity, he cast
  3. down a huge log into the lake. The Frogs were terrified at the splash
  4. occasioned by its fall and hid themselves in the depths of the pool. But
  5. as soon as they realized that the huge log was motionless, they swam again
  6. to the top of the water, dismissed their fears, climbed up, and began
  7. squatting on it in contempt. After some time they began to think
  8. themselves ill-treated in the appointment of so inert a Ruler, and sent a
  9. second deputation to Jupiter to pray that he would set over them another
  10. sovereign. He then gave them an Eel to govern them. When the Frogs
  11. discovered his easy good nature, they sent yet a third time to Jupiter to
  12. beg him to choose for them still another King. Jupiter, displeased with
  13. all their complaints, sent a Heron, who preyed upon the Frogs day by day
  14. till there were none left to croak upon the lake.
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