Boy And The Frog

A frog sat on a lily pad,

     A shiner lay beneath;

The frog sang loud his “jug o’ rum”,

     And showed his new false teeth.

“Come sit beside me,” said the frog,

     “It’s dry and warm up here;”

“Nay nay,” the shiner said to him,

     “You’re hungry, so I fear.”

A boy close by heard what was said,

     And dropped his hook in there;

And soon the shiner on the bank

     Lay gasping in despair.

“Ha ha!” the frog cried gleefully,

     “A foolish fish, ho ho!

If you had sat beside of me,

     You would not suffer so.”

The boy then threw the shiner back,

     It was too small to fry;

Then whirled his hook and caught the frog

     And quickly home did fly.

c. Oct. 1, 1899