Aesop's Fables: The Frog and the Bull
"Oh Father," said a little
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to the big one sitting by the side of a
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, "I have seen such a terrible monster! It was as big as a mountain, with
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on its head, and a long
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.
"Tush, child, tush," said the old Frog, "that was only FarmerĀ“s
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. It isn't so big either; he may be a little bit taller than I, but I could easily make myself quite as broad; just you see." So he blew himself out, and blew himself out, and blew himself out. "Was he as
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as that?" asked he.
"Oh, much
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than that," said the young Frog.
Again the old one blew
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out, and asked the young one if the Bull was as big as that.
"Bigger, father, bigger," was the reply.
So the Frog took a
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breath, and blew and blew and blew, and swelled and swelled and
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. And then he said: "I'm sure the Bull is not as big as this. But at this moment he
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.
Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.