THE BOYS AND THE FROGS

THE BOYS AND THE FROGS

There was a pond at the end of a village. There was a little water in the pond. There lived a large number a frogs. The frogs were living there happily.

One day, some boys were passing by the pond. At that time the frogs were at play. The frogs were swimming and croaking happily. The boys saw this. They began to throw stones at the frogs. All the frogs at once went down into the water. But the boys don’t leave that place. They remained standing there with stones in their hands. The new game was a great fun to the boys. They found a great joy in it. They went on pelting the frogs with stones when they raised their head above the water. They killed many frogs by throwing the stones. They were very happy.

At last an old frog raised its head and said, “Oh my dear little boys! Please stop the throwing stones, stop the cruel fun. Don’t throw stones at us. It is suffering us”.

The boys said, “Why should we stop it is play. It is a great fun. We are enjoying it . ” The frog replied, What is play to you is death to us. This is why you should stop it. This play is yours fun but it gives us death.

The boys were ashamed at this. They left the cruel game and went away.

Moral : What is play to one is death to other.