Two frogs in trouble

October 20, 2006

Once a big fat frog and a lively little frog were hopping along

together when they had the misfortune of jumping into a pail of

fresh milk. They swam for hours and hours hoping to get out somehow;

but the sides of the pail were steep and slippery and death seemed

to be certain.

When the big frog was exhausted he lost courage. There seemed no

hope of rescue. " Why keep struggling against the inevitable? I

cannot swim any longer. " He moaned. " Keep on! Keep on! " urged the

little frog, who was still circling the pail. So they went on for a

while. But the big frog decided it was no use. " Little brother, We

may as well give up " he gasped. " I am going to quit struggling. "

Now only the little frog was left. He thought to himself. " Well, to

give up is to be dead, so I will keep swimming. " Two more hours

passed and the tiny legs of the determined little frog were almost

paralysed with exhaustion. It seemed as if he could not keep moving

for another minute. But he thought of his dead friend, and

repeated, " To give up is to be meat for someone's table, so I'll

keep paddling on until I die – if death is to come – but I will not

cease trying – while there is life, there is hope. "

Intoxicated with determination, the little frog kept on swimming

around and around the pail, chopping the milk into white waves.

After a while, just as he felt completely numb and thought he was

about to drown, he suddenly felt something solid under him. To his

astonishment, he saw that he was resting on a lump of butter which

he had churned by constant paddling! And so the successful little

frog leaped out of the milk pail to freedom.

GOMU <gokulmuthu

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