The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-10-22
Youths Department.
|THE FROGS WHO WISHED a
KING.

n 'NO iOhkt uli, lOuH uBO-
How long do not know
n nation of frogs there was-a favored race
Who lived away from boys,
From thoroughfares and noise,
Behind wood, in q most lovely place.
A sheltered marshy pool
1t was. and the water cool
Ffhed u, like q wide saucer TO the brlm;
While willows on tho bank
Bent gracefully and drank,
And rnshes grew oil round, broad green
rim.
What could they do but thriye1
There was room to hop and dive
And room to swim all day, II so they chose;
Plenty Of mossy bogs
Where the old rheumatic frogs
Gould sit and sun themselves and oroak and
doze.
The little froglets had
Each his own lily pad
10 Sit on, and though slippery he could cling;
And at night the flrt-tes
Held lanterns 10 their eyes
30 they could read the notes they wished To
sing.
But no; they weren't content
They had presentiment
Some creatures In the world Jared better than
thoy;
One very certain thing, ,.
They hadnt any King,
And they thought the way to got one was to
pray. ..L .rr I...f
And 90 one warm spring night,
Beginning at twilight ... .rt
Uhey all OF one accord began TO cnlr~rr;
They made the air resound,
And MI the people round ,.r. ..AV
Laughed saying: Hear them pray to Jupi-
On high Olympus peak lJI I l..i 4
Joyeh them croak and creak,
And, being in merry mood, he gaily cried;
The race of slmpletonsl y a'ii 49,
kvenh listened once
y They'd be no better pleased or satsnedf', d.
But from his mighty throne
He tossed huge log down,
And Shundered; Here, I send you this for
All, how 1t plunged and plashedli ..
And how the water dashedl yfl I s.
And old and young. the frogs fed shuddering.
sprawling and awed they fed. CHI
Pell NELL, heels over head,
Under the roots and weeds; in every. place 4
Where frog conld hide they hid; P
The safest things they did,
But with a higher regard for speed than
grace. 'Ef'I.h hI... ...t
The huge log helpless lay,
Floated a little way,
And then lay still upon the pools still breast;
No regal order gave ..
To weed or frog or wave, ..
But silent was, and silent took Its rest
At length. as hour by hour
Was by this Monarch TO his people shown,
4 They peeped from their hiding places
With bgeyed, curious faces,
And crawled out one by one, more trustful
grown
Crawled out from rush and reed;
And most daring deed
Was done by one than all mis- neignpors
with stroke Of pompous pride
He swan 20 the MOnarchs side,
Ind tvtth agriia laUa his alOulder.
Then such vaultng skipping,
As they began therel dripping
And swarmlns up they came, Till the great
Held one continuous row
or nixiesAsuch showl
On every inch OF bark there sat frogI
They capered and they danced;
Turned summersets and pranced;
Stool on their heads, and iung their heels In
Polka and waltz and Jig
They Joined In, little aud big,
With all their hearts as II no King were there
At last, dissatisfied
with 50 much play thoy cried; & .,,.,
What II n King for. II he can not ruler
Give us, oh, Father Jove,
A Sovereign who Will pr we
Worthy our honor, 1T for this fair pooll"
Enraged was Joye at this;
He murmured: $50 II Isl
Never contonti always for something newl
The same unhappy song
Some fault IN all-s0me wrongl
Ill send Stork TO them that's what L do!
Forthwith from a far height
A bird came into sight
White borne upon It's great wings easily,
Like ralness summer cloud:
And they beheld and bowed,
And bent before him each plant knee.
Hislong neck, long rcd bill,