Then they stopped and had a big laugh; it was
very funny.
They first went to an oat field, where the frog found many
insects, and the mouse plenty of grain.
Beyond this field there was a pond. The frog had been going toward
this pond all of the time, but the mouse had not noticed it. They
were soon on its bank.
When the mouse saw the pond he cried out, "Oh, you know I do not
like the water, Mr. Frog. Let us go to the barn."
"Nothing would do you so much good as a cool bath on this hot day.
You have never taken one, so you can not know how good it will
make you feel," and the frog jumped into the water.
The mouse tried to get free, but the frog only laughed.
A hawk, looking down, saw the mouse and swooped down upon it.
Since the frog was fastened to the mouse, he too was carried off,
and both lost their lives.
When the other frogs heard of what had happened, they said,
"Served him right. Served him right," and no frog since that time
has ever played a mean joke.


THE BOYS AND THE FROGS

"Let us go to the pond and have some fun," said George.
"What fun can we have there?" asked Frank. "The pond is nothing
but an old mudhole. We can not swim in such water."
Down at the pond the sun shone warm, and an old mother frog and
her children were sunning themselves on a log.


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