Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 73
red and shot,And chased and worried, life was not Worth living. So, lest worse befall,Resolved at once to end it all,They rushed up a steep rock to throwThemselves into the lake below.Hearing them come, the Frogs besideThe waters edge, leapt, terrifiedInto the lake. Seeing their fright, Sensation… … A Hare exclaimed: Brothers, our plightIs not so bad. Now we have foundA folk who fear the very soundOf our approach, let us, he said,Take courage in the thought that we,The scorn of Alan and Bird and Beast,Are heroes to the Frogs, at least!
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