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13 de may. de 2020 · An Ox, grazing in a meadow, chanced to set his foot among a parcel of young Frogs, and trod one of them to death. The rest informed their mother, when she came home, what had happened; telling her, that the beast which did it, was the hugest creature that they ever saw in their lives.
The Frog and the Ox appears among Aesop's Fables and is numbered 376 in the Perry Index. The story concerns a frog that tries to inflate itself to the size of an ox, but bursts in the attempt. It has usually been applied to socio-economic relations.
The Frogs & the Ox. An Ox came down to a reedy pool to drink. As he splashed heavily into the water, he crushed a young Frog into the mud. The old Frog soon missed the little one and asked his brothers and sisters what had become of him. "A great big monster," said one of them, "stepped on little brother with one of his huge feet!" "Big, was he ...
by Aesop. The Frog and the Ox. Additional Information. Year Published: 1867. Language: English. Country of Origin: Greece. Source: Bryant, S.C. (Ed.). (1915). How to Tell Stories to Children, and Some Stories to Tell. London, England: George G. Harrap Company. Readability: Flesch–Kincaid Level: 2.8. Word Count: 189. Genre: Fable.
6 de may. de 2015 · The Frog and the Ox. Aesop’s Fables. Greek. Easy. 1 min read. Add to FAVs. A- A- A+. “Oh Father,” said a little Frog to the big one sitting by the side of a pool, “I have seen such a terrible monster! It was as big as a mountain, with horns on its head, and a long tail, and it had hoofs divided in two.”
An Ox came down to a reedy pool to drink. As he splashed heavily into the water, he crushed a young Frog into the mud. The old Frog soon missed the little one and asked his brothers and sisters what had become of him. "A great big monster," said one of them, "stepped on little brother with one of his huge feet!" "Big, was he!"
THE FROG AND THE OX . A poor man perishes when he tries to imitate rich and powerful people. There was once a frog who noticed an ox standing in the meadow. The frog was seized by a jealous desire to equal the ox in size so she puffed herself up, inflating her wrinkled skin. She then asked her children if she was now bigger than the ox.
