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An Ox, drinking at a pool, trod on a brood of young frogs, and
crushed one of them to death. The mother, coming up and missing one
of her sons, inquired of his brothers what had become of him. "He is
dead, dear mother; for just now a very huge beast with four great
feet came to the pool, and crushed him to death with his cloven
heel." The Frog, puffing herself out, inquired, "If the beast was as
big as that in size." "Cease, mother, to puff yourself out," said
her son, "and do not be angry; for you would, I assure you, sooner
burst than successfully imitate the hugeness of that monster."
Moral of Aesops Fable:
Impossible things we cannot hope to attain, and it is of no use to
try.
The Ox and the Frog
Fable
An Aesop's Fable
With the Moral:
Impossible things we cannot hope to attain, and it is of no use
to try. |
