THE FROGS AND THE FAIRIES
The Frogs and the fairies
In a pond in a dell lived a big family of frogs, and one day when the sun was shining all the young bullfrogs came up out of the water and hopped on the bank. "I think it would be good fun to see what is in the dell beside this pond," said Billy Bull, who was a young and inquisitive frog.
"What do you fellows say to a lark to-night by the light of the moon?"
"We'll go, we'll go, Billy Bull," said all the other young frogs in chorus.
"Better stay home, better stay home," croaked old Grandfather Bullfrog from his seat on a stump by the edge of the pond.
"Oh, hear old grandfather croaking!" said Billy Bull; "he never went out of this pond in all his days, and what does he know of the dell?"