A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of Aesop’s fable from The Aesop for Children (1919): bored Frogs beg Jupiter for a king, laugh at the quiet log he sends them, and then get a Crane who gobbles them up.
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Long ago, a big crowd of Frogs lived in a round green pond. They had no king at all, so every Frog could do just as he liked.
All that freedom spoiled the Frogs. They were not content with their condition, the way things were. They sat on their lily pads, bored and grumpy. Croak, croak, croak.
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