San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-06
Foxy Grandpa's
Stories
Why the Froggie Glee Club
Was Broken Up.

Have you ever heard a real frog
concert? l don't mean just some old
bullfrogs croaking in n pond with their
children and grandchildren tuning in
occasionally. But have you sat in
garden where the tree frogs hold their
annual convention of singing so
cieties?
l am quite sure that have. And
| will tell you about it.
1t was out in California, at a
friends beautiful home up on the top
of a mountain overlooking the Pacific
that had this experience.
The gardens were more lovely than
any thing you can imagine, and We
were in the habit of sitting out on
the terrace in the sunshine during the
day and in the evening after dinner.
Then someone would always say:
Isn't this PEACEFUL"
Peaceful? 1t was the most peace
full spot on earth until one evening
when the convention started.
They all didn't arrive at once.
Only a few of them came and we used
to say how cheerful those little frogs
sounded and how cute they were and
wondered how big they were and how
they made the sound and all kinds Of
things about them.
But in less than a week when all
of the delegates had arrived and each
evening as it grew dark they started
their chorus, we decided that they
we're neither cheerful or cute. But
that they were an awful pest.
Really, we couldn't hear ourselves
think. Those little frogs drove us
into the house and it was almost i'm
possible to 90 to sleep for the con-
slant racket which they kept up.
Wen have to get rid of them, y"
said our host, and then everyone
started making suggestions. 1t was
indeed a problem and finally the gen
| tleman sat down to write a letter to
Washington to the Department of
Agriculture, to see how we could get
the frogs to hold their convention else
| where.
But we were a long way from
Washington and the weeks wait
ing for a reply would not be very
| pleasant.
Bunny, of course, was interested
in this situation and suddenly one
evening, he jumped up and disappear
ed. And that little rabbit didn't
come home until morning. didn't
say anything. l thought he might
be calling on some jack-rabbit friends.
| But as it turned out he hadn't seen
anybody with long ears. But he had
seen something with a very long
tail.
At don't think the concert will be
as loud as usual tonight" said Bunny,
crunching a radish.
Good news" we shouted. why do
you think that?"
I've made an arrangement with q
fellow to frighten them off," replied
Bunny. in fact, it was entirely
agreeable to him. He said he was
looking forward to it with great pleas
ure. and would have no difficulty in
getting his friends TO help him."
"Good boy" said to Bunny, and
gave him another radish.
We went out to sit on the terrace
and all of a sudden, one of the ladies
jumped up on a chair and cried:
oh saw a great big rat run
right into that flower-bed."
Bunny pulled my trouser leg and
said:
TELL her to keep calm. That rat
has no interest in her. He has his
mind on one thing only-frOgs."
THAT'S the fellow who's going to
break up the concert, is he?"
"The ones he can't eat, he'll scare
off, said Bunny. People are not the
only ones who consider frogs legs a
/ delicacy."
Copyright, 1925. International Feature
Service Inc.