[Illustration: THE OX AND THE FROG.]
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. 'What, was it so big?' says the old Frog, swelling and blowing up
her speckled belly to a great degree. 'Oh! bigger by a vast deal,' say
they. 'And so big?' says she, straining herself yet more. 'Indeed,
mamma,' say they, 'If you were to burst yourself, you would never be so
big.' She strove yet again, and burst herself indeed.