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Thinking Seriphos was a persons name, boasted

My mom said she told it to me when I was about 5 or so, so I don't remember much of it. K.C.T: It's short, I know, but I can't remember much of this fable. "He could not have been bigger than this," she said.īut the little Frogs all declared that the monster was much, much bigger and the old Frog kept puffing herself out more and more until, all at once, she burst. "Big, was he!" said the old Frog, puffing herself up, "Was he as big as this?" "A great big monster," said one of them, "Stepped on little brother with one of his huge feet!" The old Frog soon missed the little one and asked his brothers and sisters what had become of him.

As he splashed heavily into the water, he crushed a young Frog into the mud.

An Ox came down to a reedy pool to drink.
