The Frog Who Wished To Be As Big As The Ox

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Title:     The Frog Who Wished To Be As Big As The Ox
Author: Jean de La Fontaine [More Titles by La Fontaine]

There was a little Fog
Whose home was in a bog,
And he worried 'cause he wasn't big enough.
He sees an ox and cries:
"That's just about my size,
If I stretch myself--Say Sister, see me puff!"

So he blew, blew, blew,
Saying: "Sister, will that do?"
But she shook her head. And then he lost his wits.
For he stretched and puffed again
Till he cracked beneath the strain,
And burst, and flew about in little bits.

[The end]
Jean de La Fontaine's poem: Frog Who Wished To Be As Big As The Ox

 

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