The Crane proved to be a very different sort of king from old King. But they soon discovered how tame and peaceable King Log was. To teach the Frogs a lesson the ruler of the gods now sent a Crane to be king of Frogland. The Frogs hid among the reeds and grasses, thinking the new king to be some fearful giant. The Crane proved to be a very different sort of king from old King Log. But they soon discovered how tame and peaceable King. Jupiter saw what simple and foolish creatures they were, but to keep them quiet and make them think they had a king he threw down a huge log, which fell into the water with a great splash. To teach the Frogs a lesson the ruler of the gods now sent a Crane to be king of Frogland. 620564 BCE) was an Ancient Greek fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Jupiter, annoyed at being pestered in this way, sent a Stork to rule over them, who no sooner arrived among them than he began to catch and eat the Frogs as fast as he could. The Frogs hid themselves among the reeds and grasses, thinking the new king to be some fearful giant. The Frogs Who Wished For A King Aesop 2.50 4 ratings1 review Genres Short Stories Book details & editions About the author Aesop 1,382 books705 followers Aesop (/isp/ ee-sop Ancient Greek:, Aispos, c. The Frogs Who Wished for a King The Frogs were tired of governing themselves. Zeus was amused by the frogs request, and cast a large log down into their pond, saying Behold, your king At first, the frogs were terrified of the huge log. Thinking that a King of that sort was an insult to their dignity, they sent to Jupiter a second time, and begged him to take away the sluggish King he had given them, and to give them another and a better one. View The Frogs Who Wished for a King.docx from ENGLISH 1094 at University of Santo Tomas. Perceiving their simplicity, he cast down a huge log into the lake. The Frogs were terrified at first by the splash, and scuttled away into the deepest parts of the pool but by and by, when they saw that the log remained motionless, one by one they ventured to the surface again, and before long, growing bolder, they began to feel such contempt for it that they even took to sitting upon it. The Frogs, grieved at having no established Ruler, sent ambassadors to Jupiter entreating for a King. But they soon discovered how tame and peaceable King Log was In a short time the younger Frogs were using him for a diving platform, while the older Frogs made him a meeting place, where they complained loudly to Jupiter about the government.

Jupiter, despising the folly of their request, cast a log into the pool where they lived, and said that that should be their King. The Frogs hid themselves among the reeds and grasses, thinking the new king to be some fearful giant. Time was when the Frogs were discontented because they had no one to rule over them: so they sent a deputation to Jupiter to ask him to give them a King.

The frogs who wished for a king