The Frog and the Ox

The Frog and the Ox

Many years ago there was a magnificent ox. One day, when he was taking an afternoon walk, a poorly dressed and unimportant looking frog saw him. The frog felt envy toward the beautiful, strong ox. But the frog yelled to his friends, "Look at this ox! But he is no better than I am, if I tried." The frog swelled up to twice his normal size. "Am I the size of this big ox now?" he asked his frog friends. "You will have to be much bigger to be his size," they said. The frog swelled up even bigger. "How about now?" he asked his friends. "No, but you better not swell up more or you will kill yourself," they warned.

But the frog wanted to be as big as the ox and puffed, and puffed. He never got as big as the ox because he burst first.

Magnificent means
1. poor.
2. great and good looking.
3. proud.
The frog was
1. poorly dressed.
2. magnificent.
3. green.
The ox was
1. poorly dressed.
2. magnificent.
3. green.
What emotion did the frog feel toward the ox?
1. pride
2. envy
3. fear
The frog made himself bigger by
1. swelling up his body.
2. eating a lot.
3. doing nothing.
The frog's friends told him,
1. "You look great."
2. "You look as big as the ox."
3. "You need to be bigger."
The frog finally
1. burst from puffing himself up
2. got as big as the ox.
3. was as magnificent as the ox.
The lesson from this story is
1. try to be bigger than you are.
2. don't try to be better.
3. be yourself - don't try to be like another.