The Frogs' Land

the frogs land was distinguished

   
        The land of the frogs: this part of the forest is the land of small peaceful animals. It is a very common area.  At the outset you know what kind of animals live here.  Animals here live in small cantons close to each other.  The land of rabbits is close to the land of cats which is close to the land of rats.  You can easily notice how poor this area is.  Trees here aren't as tall as those in the land of strong animals.  Even the plants aren't tall.  Only one area is really distinguish them because it is on the river bank.  Animals like to pass through but they don't like to settle on it because it is the animals' path to the river when they go to drink or bathe.  In this area, the only one who loved to live there was the frog, who thought it was the best place.

        It was midnight when Mr. Fox arrived at the land of frogs. He stood on the borders and started to exclaim how wonderful this land is, how green, calm and had the purest air you can smell.  It has the advantage of being situated between land and water.  You could swim and grow plants in the water!  It is truly paradise.  I can't even find suitable words to describe how wonderful it is.  I want it to be mine forever and only mine.  I don't want to share it with anyone else, thought the fox.
       
        Suddenly, while the fox was in deep thought and imagining the place, he jumped up in fear.  A loud voice interrupted his thoughts.  It was the voice of a frog!  The fox discovered that his foot was stepping on a sleeping frog.  The frog started to shout in pain.  Although the fox knew he was causing the frog pain, he started to move his foot away slowly as if he enjoyed causing the frog pain.  He wanted to punish it because it shouted and disturbed him.  Or, perhaps, it was because there was another soul on  the land he did not want to share.  He started to shout, "Oh, foolish frogs!  You are very  tiny but you have very loud and noisy voices.

        A smile slowly creeped up on to the fox's face.  He turned to the frog and said, "Hi, my friend!  Have you gotten the good news?  I will be your neighbor here!  Your companion.  Your mate.  I am sure you will happier now.  We can live happily here together but i have some conditions.  If you want to live in peace here with me, the first thing is, we must divide the land  according to body size.  I think I am hundreds of times your body size so you get only a small part. Secondly, you have to stop being so noisy.  I love calmness because, as you know, I am a thinking man!"  The frog was speechless, shocked at what he was hearing.

        After a week, the frog went to complain to his friends and neighbors.  There is a  council comprised of the weak animals, namely, rabbits, frogs, rats, cats, etc...These are the animals from the poor side of the forest.  The council decided to take the frog's complaint to the chiefs of the forest.  Mr. Rabbit is the acting representative for the chiefs council.  So they sent him to make the complaint there.  Mr. Rabbit did his best to get the council's sympathy for the frog, but in vain!  Moreover, he sensed the councils' sympathies were with the fox.

        Mr. Lion, the king declared, "What a pity! The fox is the smartest animal, he has a very superior mind, but he can't use it well because of the frogs' noisy voices.  Why don't you let him live in peace?  It is his own land!"  Of course the other members in the council could not cross the king's word, so they agreed with him and kept their opinions to themselves.

        The fox felt threatened because of the unity of these gathering animals.  He decided to do something to weaken  it. He proceeded to go to the Rabbit's Land to meet Mr. Rabbit.  The rest of the  rabbits showed no enthusiasm in welcoming him to their land.  However, some said "Let's meet the man and hear what he has to say!  Maybe he wants to make peace with the frogs  through us.  We have nothing to lose by hearing what he has to say."  Then the rabbits decided to send him an invitation.

Reviews

[Pax]

oh, i fear the rabbits safety.

[Renée]

Reading on to next chapter...great read..