The Frogs & the Ox

The Frogs & the Ox

An Ox came down to a reedy pool to drink.

As he splashed heavily into the water, he crushed a young Frog into the mud.

The old Frog soon missed the little one and asked his brothers and sisters what had become of him.

"A great big monster," said one of them, "stepped on little brother with one of his huge feet!"

"Big, was he!" said the old Frog, puffing herself up. "Was he as big as this?"

"Oh, much bigger!" they cried.

The Frog puffed up still more.

"He could not have been bigger than this," she said.

But the little Frogs all declared that the monster was much, much bigger and

the old Frog kept puffing herself out more and more until, all at once, she burst.

Do not attempt the impossible.

 

(1)bigger

  ➊更多的➋更小的➌更大的

 

(2) mud➊泥漿➋豆漿➌米漿

 

(3)The "big monster" is 

   ➊a tiger➋a dragon➌an ox

 

(4)reedy pool 長滿蘆葦的,

   ➊大海➋池塘➌河流