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The Frogs Who Desired a King, illustrated by Milo Winter in a 1919 Aesop anthology. The original context of the story, as related by Phaedrus, makes it clear that people feel the need of laws but are impatient of personal restraint. His closing advice is to be content for fear of worse. [2]
Hace 2 días · Synopsis. Even though they have good reason to be happy and content, the frogs decide that they need a king. They ask Jupiter, the King of all the Gods, for a king, and to keep them quiet...
Often included in editions of Aesop’s fables, ‘The Frogs Asking for a King’ is summarised below, accompanied by a few words of analysis. Once upon a time, 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.
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. To teach the Frogs a lesson the ruler of the gods now sent a Crane to be king of Frogland.
26 de jul. de 2016 · Eliot/Jacobs Version. The Frogs were living happily in a swamp that just suited them; they went splashing about caring for nobody and nobody troubling with them. But some of them thought this was not right; they should have a king. They therefore sent a petition to Jove to give them what they wanted.
bullfrog, ‘is a King.’ The frogs all gasped. A king! Imagine! Their very own king with a crown on his head, giving orders and telling them all what to do. ‘So how do we get a king?’ said the...
The Frogs Who Wanted a King: Directed by Wladyslaw Starewicz. The frogs are bored with their lot, and ask God to give them a king - but God, irritated with their inability to govern themselves, quickly makes them change their minds.
