Show i I L S I I f wr I In I I 4 Jr L I J t Mr MI ant an Mrs Ir Croler had I t to leave c the Pond arni move Into Frogville Int e. e a ti of nr a t tenth nth of oC a j stifle mITe or lo to 1 calculate the tho distance r accord I ng to fi frog u measure we SIt suy a a. distance of or it so sumo sorno mo or ur CoO GuO S hops J The flie reason for rr this move mo was that hat 5 5 Mrs 4 II is Croker I wanted her and anti i i daughters to have the Ito ad villages of V ft that could he III hall had In Frog Frog- JW i. i yule villI hut huL not hot In ti the Pond where all alt SS W the lie frogs of one olle class anti and with with- af i v out special 5 pride There I e were wele no f f c social acial distinctions In tho thu Pond each cach 5 frog fiSts young old handsome or plain sv CS c. being on un a par lUI jai with his IllS follows But Mrs S CIol Croker hind hall for fOI sometime SS V a hit lilt snobbish o I unpopular unI uno un- un popular with the plain of matter S frogs frogs' in iii th the tho Pond PontI She tried 1 lo to outS out- out S hop her female friends endeavoring vAinly tl fo form COlln in a new social code cotic fOlH for fOl Oi Oia H a a cho chosen chioti 11 few iW thai thal were vere to be he lc Jc lCd l b by Mrs Croker el Hut But her hel efforts in this his lino IIno roS ro'S rov- rov S J l unsuccessful Mrs 1 Croce r laid haiti siege to tu her husband and arul rested not lIot till Jio ho consented to tal take e her anti and their 1 sons SOilS alii arid daughters JuU to l Fi t lo to live Ih-e. S 11 It W was vii R a beautiful June Juzie day lay on un which ij l- l tire the Croker family departed from Iho r Pond Ute the hie that had Known them from froit their birth As Mrs l Crol Croker cr ha hadS had S done U it good bit hit of boasting as to their f r future social socia J greatness and vain female fo- fo male like hal hail not spared spare the feelings o of h hor r lifelong companions there were Wen k S- S none to bid them to return to theS the S 1 S PontI Pond If It their new home should not nol prove Drove to their liking Rather did the r frogs 18 of the tho Pond smile gladly when shen tho ho lant lait small S Croker shook th the tho I waI wa- wa aS a S torn lOIs of or the Pond from rom roni his le legs hogs and ancl l i hopped away III in the rear of nC his 1 1 parS par par- S cut J Vo We rid are all of oC those upstarts upstart said one old frog rol grown g Iown large ge arid anti dark S colored wi with wilh Ii ago age and what and what i j i- i more noie I 1 make mala a mO l that we wc c m ver allow them the to enter this l Pond lond again They are arC sure urr to contaminate our Out youths with their lr of oC Social So lO cial 8 sols sols' tand who Is 18 who vho notions We e c are arc a. a q plain and happy enjoying man ble blessings ing and we ve cant can't allow alJo a made sOl aristocracy to lo draw utica lines which would divide old families and anti staunch friends Correct ct you are aro Ta Fah Father h r l' Wiseacre croal croaked etl n whereupon all the Ur B Roaring haring distance Ayt Aye But had Mrs Croaker overheard these things she tho would have tos od her hor h hi ad I in ii the tho air with rith contempt for fIr Hie speakers Return to that t common 1 P 1 pond nd 7 she hc would have exclaimed ex ox- claimed yoU A S Pi n. K ii I I Keep cop m my frog fUig wens She he 1 havo salt said fro frog nf 1 t When 1111 Ut arrived ii at al I Frogville Frog Ios IosI i I yule ville wI which c i was situated in ilL the lie edge of oC a railroad ditch the Inhabitants Inhabitants tants ants at t them then curiously But not hot one of or thOu tho citizens made a move toward to the stranger to lo their town fact In the thc Crokers bore boreta ta a foreign which to the lie frogs of dt l this denoted common common com com- com I mon pond country pond blood antI and rearing That rIat siga li n lii itself vas hs t to Incur in incur incur In- In cur th tho or Frogville frogs oid e expressed their contempt fot II the newcomers l h by glaring glar glar- ln Log ing rudely ajL I and croaking loud loud- I ly about about- tilt c o of some common com coin mon pond country hoppers In thrust thrusts Ing log themselves h am among lI refined and highly cultivated ditch frogs All this un on the part of the FIo frogs flogs made mado Mr MI Croker er or and the tho little Crokers quite lonely and mi miserable but old oM Sirs Mrs rs Croker tried tiled to Iea reassure them by hy sa saying rIng that thata a social could coull not be gained g in iii a II cla day Anything worth having was worth working irking and suffering for Cor she he COT con t I fl tl eu But are aro you YIU sure UIL this tiling thing you ou o l fi Rather did thu the lilt fro frogs s of oC th the pond Millie g t tt t t. t are alt after is It worth having a asked kd Mr MI Croker raker t sadly a l Besides 13 this water i Is 1 muddy and anti foul Coul smelling smelling- 1 Flies alit and Worms are not so gO fat fRt nor numerous here as aJ the they are ale at the hue pond And Anti the frogs frogs frogs- Here poor pOOl old Mr MiS h Croker pau paused ed wanting a fitting filling word to tn express his hits ugly ditch dUch frogs IO S opinion of u of these lean icon that hopped ped a about out putting on un such airs airs ah's which were wen born o of self self- conceit and ami foolish Coolish vall vanity It Why hy how can you OU speak so asked asked asked ask ask- ed Mrs Mis Croker These frogs Ings are aro the tile most aristocratic in the country country- This town of oC Frogville numbers thousands of oC Inhabitants while the punt pond lund has hS hundreds hundred frogs only reaching Into the thue There can be he no ultra swell set where there are so few frogs One must have numbers if IC one draws the lines between the common and ani the tue gr great groat at So bo poor Mr lr Croker only batted balled hl hi his eyes Lilt humbly gave ga In Jo Have your roUl own wa way he lie said but dont don't blame me 1110 if IC we meet moot with disaster Ais s the hue days moved NI on Into weeks wel even cven Mrs Mis Crol er gave up UI In despair for COl not one of the swell set sol had deigned to call upon her licE and all snubbed snubbed snub snub- bed her openly when she boldly made atla advancements toward thom them In a a. social way vay Then there were the little Crokers ers for 01 whose social advantages this ambitious mother had hail desired to come cometo to Frogville FroS' who were falling failing into bad ha habits for COl OU th like they felt toll the iced O companionship and antl as till Iho tillI best lt sol set did not open its arms to I them hem th they y wore were falling Calling In with what their mother called the scum tho the cum being composed of frogs Ilko like the thic Crokers Crokers frogs frogs hanging on the outer edge edse begging to get just one foot Coot into the tue aristocratic swim And these those young oung would iCs following the example cx- cx ex ex- ample set before thorn them b by the lie smart set were becoming a most unruly order ordet crowd tI ignoring law lav and Then rhen there was wa another horrible danger menacing them In Frogville the danger of annihilation for annihilation for hither came cime in great groat numbers tall tail strong beings that thai walked upright on two Iwo gs legs and these merciless giants would thrust Ion long sharp Instruments into the water piercing the tIme bodies of oC helpless frogs fros carrying the time poor wounded or 01 dead death bodies away to feast on One Ono day lay old Mrs s. Croker Croler just barely escaped being speared i b by one ono of oC these giants and and- the tho close call frightened all the and vanity out of her Well she site knew that had she been inthe In Inthe Inthe the pond pond- so PontI-so so secure in its Us wonderful depth heavy drift logs Jogs and anti overhanging overhang overhang- ing grasses that grasses that she would not have Leon Ilen even e threatened So as soon as ashe assue sue she he could recover from Crom the Iho scare she croaked to her hier husband and amI children telling them frankly that she had hail got Jot quite EUIte enough of this awful swell aristocratic ditch called Frogville Let us go back to the tue clear coo cool pon pond big big- bigand and deep and secure Let Letus Letus us liS return to 0 our OUI home that old oM moss-covered moss log wh where the Ui e sunbeams sparkle so temptingly that the tho lies Hies come there thero in swarms to lo I play IlaY ay with them Let us return to peace wace and antl plenty plent where there is no social strife no lines hues drawn where every Cro frog fro frois is honest homiest and sincere and no such tJ thing ing is as aristocracy ever el heard of Now you have to come your senses senses said Mr isle Croker addressing his wIfe wife tc I L IL ilo- ilo I I Wi- Wi WiED ED I III II z i ElA iElA ElAL U w L V ii But nut what will tho frogs of oC the Pond Pondy say y when we ve For you ou know my dear m you did a tall lall lot of or bragging bragging brag hrag- ging when we wo left there Yes and Ill I'll do 10 a Li tall tail lot Jot of oC when I 1 get back back begging begging for COl forgiveness forgive forgive- ness umess for my former vanity and amid arrogance arro arro- gance said poor old Mrs Croker 4 Never Nevel too old to learn harn the tho folly oll of or our ways So along about time the of July when the first of the lie season season sea sea- season son were be beginning to lo sound in theland the theland land the Iho Crokers returned to the dear dearold old Pont Pond that thai Mrs 1 had once so foolishly thought not good enough for thorn thiem but bill which now to lo loher her hem clearer vision as aN almost perfect And when th they y returned in such stick a ii changed hanged frame of or mind the thie frogs Cross of ot f lue he Pon Pond leff h ly old od ed tl to them Wiseacres s extended extend extend- c a alt hearty welcome for Cor that oh extend I fro frog i It t Iii hit tIme the WI Il a fool will err crr- hut but who thio of tf hitS ColI o of oC the theil h- h Our frIends 8 here S see sec e the thc them hem back ways anti ask Us to take on l h held ld the old footing that in lit th tho they ll cigui In not In the they got Bot ot forIn for for- I l Ing ug K head And b beug IJo- IJo Unto hub nto others fro frogs s. s who sho love hove to tb lo do n. n tile they We to should be e don dono b by them flu lucy clave the lie heart hearty welcome and dl t through Anti And h soine thus the Crokers II the II very saIl c. c experienc that own Plain simple pure homo homb much to be he wa as d to the tenuous sWell 0 more pre pre- which town or of Was bUill In a ditch now that I the have eon I-eon what real reah frog none hone of it Is I 1 want Mrs Croker w- w of oC a 1 tail as aN abe Bhe In the shad alone I iny say cattail caHall Let well enough the o of smart Simple lire life Cr and corn pan pa of If the smart Mf hlf life frogs Crog r for Cor me mc of oC ant simple Vi frogs IO S. S said Id Mr Ir he thrust out his as his tr tongue buo ue and amud took 01 for supper SLipper a fly Ily |