Frog
| Be
kind and tender to the Frog,
|
| And
do not call him names,
As "Slimy skin," or "Polly-wog," Or likewise "Ugly James," Or "Gap-a-grin," or "Toad-gone-wrong," Or "Bill Bandy-knees": |
| The
Frog is justly sensitive
To epithets like these. No animal will more repay A treatment kind and fair; At least so lonely people say |
| Who
keep a frog (and, by the way,
They are extremely rare). |
You can hear
a reading of
The Frog here:.
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