THE BOYS AND THE FROGS
A number of boys used to play cricket near a pond. Once, one of the boys hit the ball so hard that it went inside the pond. When a boy went to pick up the ball, he saw some frogs and told his friends: ‘Let’s play with the frogs today.’ His friends agreed. They rushed after the frogs, which felt scared and jumped into the water. One boy threw a big stone at a frog. It died. The other boys cheered loudly. They also aimed stones at the frogs. Some frogs got injured; some were killed. Suddenly, they heard a hoarse voice. It was so strange that they stopped to look around. An old frog spoke to them in a human voice: ‘Why are you throwing stones at us, dear boys? Does the life of another creature have no value for you? What is a game for you, is death for us.’ The boys felt ashamed. Putting their stones down, they went away.
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