See the rock, the hard, flinty rock,

Which the freckled-faced boy at the frog doth sock;

Conscious he’s sinning,

Yet gleefully grinning

At the likely result of its terrific shock.

See the grass, the treacherous grass,

Slip from beneath his feet! Alas,

Into the mud

With a dull thud

He falls, and rises a slimy mass.