By Hillaire Belloc
Be kind and tender to the Frog,
And do not call him names,
As ‘Slimy skin,’ or ‘Polly-wog,’
Or likewise ‘Ugly James,’
Or ‘Gape-a-grin,’ or ‘Toad-gone-wrong,’
Or ‘Billy 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).
October 17, 2011 at 12:07 am
” … and do not call him names, …” or stand on him.
In fact, on balance, he’d probably rather you called him names than stood on him.
October 17, 2011 at 12:22 am
Words fail me when trying to express how cruel you are. I will not sleep tonight, late as it is. I hope this callous post will rest heavily on you conscience.
October 17, 2011 at 11:03 am
Good thing I went to bed immediately after writing that comment, so no pangs
October 18, 2011 at 3:48 am
They have tiny tropical frogs in the pet shop near my parents’ house. (Well, technically, my parents’ landlord’s house.) They’re quite cute but they need heated tanks and things which I imagine are quite expensive.
December 13, 2011 at 8:48 pm
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