TTwwoo ffrrooggss aarree ppllaayyiinngg nneeaarr aa ppoonndd..
Baby Frog：Big Brother, rabbit, rabbit. Why don’t we go home now
Brother Frog: Let’s stay a little longer, Baby Frog.
Baby Frog：We should go home. Mother Frog is waiting for us. She told us to come
home for lunch. She will be worried.
Brother Frog: Don’t worry, Baby Frog. It’s only noon. I want to play a little
longer.
Baby Frog：Come on, Big Brother Frog. Let’s go home.
Brother Frog: Let’s play for five more minutes.
JJuusstt tthheenn,, aa FFaarrmmeerr aanndd hhiiss OOxx ppaassss tthhee ppoonndd.. TThhee ttwwoo ffrrooggss jjuummpp iinnttoo tthhee ppoonndd
ttoo hhiiddee.. TThheeyy ssttiicckk tthheeiirr hheeaaddss oouutt ooff tthhee wwaatteerr aanndd wwaattcchh tthhee FFaarrmmeerr aanndd tthhee
OOxx ppaassss bbyy.. TThheeyy hhaavvee nneevveerr sseeeenn ssuucchh aa bbiigg aanniimmaall bbeeffoorree..
Brother Frog: What was that, ribbit, ribbit
Baby Frog：I don’t know, but it was very big.
Brother Frog: Yes. It was very big. It was bigger than Mother Frog.
Baby Frog：So what Let’s go home now.
Brother Frog: What is the name of that animal I am curious.
Baby Frog：I don’t know and I don’t care, Big Brother Frog. Let’s go now, huh
Mother Frog will be waiting for us.
Brother Frog: No, let’s follow the animal. It will be fun. Come on!
Baby Frog：Oh Okay, but only for a little while.
TThhee ttwwoo FFrrooggss ffoollllooww tthhee OOxx ffrroomm bbeehhiinndd wwhheenn ssuuddddeennllyy tthhee OOxx ttuurrnnss aarroouunndd.. BBaabbyy
FFrroogg ddooeessnn’tt sseeee tthhee OOxx’ss hhooooffss..
Farmer: Let’s go back to the farm.
Ox: MooMoo
Brother Frog: Watch out, Baby Frog! Jump! Quickly!
Baby Frog：What Ribbit, ribbit. Uh
BBaabbyy FFrroogg iiss ccrruusshheedd bbyy tthhee OOxx.. HHee iiss ddeeaadd..
Brother Frog: Baby Frog! Baby Frog!
TThheerree iiss nnoo aannsswweerr..
Brother Frog: Oh my goodness! What shall I do I must hurry home. I must tell
Mother Frog. She will be very sad.
Big Brother Frog hops home and tells Mother Frog what has happened.
Mother Frog: Why are you alone, Big Brother Frog. Where is Baby Frog, ribbit,
ribbit
Brother Frog: Don’t be too sad, Mother Frog.
Mother Frog: What do you mean Where is Baby Frog？
Brother Frog: Baby Frog is dead, Mother Frog.
Mother Frog: What How Why
Brother Frog: A big monster crushed him.
Mother Frog: Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo! My poor Baby Frog. What did the monster look
like
Brother Frog: It had horns and a long tail. And it was very, very big.
Mother Frog: You mean the Farmer’s Ox. How big was it
Brother Frog: It was as big as a mountain.
Mother Frog: An Ox isn’t that big.
Brother Frog: It looked really big to me.
Mother Frog: How big was it again
Brother Frog: Bigger than you, Mother Frog.
Mother Frog: Bigger than me Are you sure
Brother Frog: Yes.
TThhee MMootthheerr FFrroogg ppuuffffss uupp hheerr bbeellllyy..
Mother Frog: Was it this big
Brother Frog: No, Mother Frog. Much bigger.
Mother Frog: Much bigger
Brother Frog: Yes, yes.
TThhee MMootthheerr FFrroogg ppuuffffss uupp hheerr bbeellllyy mmoorree tthhaann bbeeffoorree..
Mother Frog: How about this Was it bigger than this
Brother Frog: Oh, much bigger than that.
Mother Frog: Really How about this
Brother Frog: You are not even close. The Ox was much bigger than you.
TThhee MMootthheerr FFrroogg aaggaaiinn ppuuffffss uupp hheerr bbeellllyy eevveenn mmoorree.. BBiigg BBrrootthheerr FFrroogg kkeeeeppss
sshhaakkiinngg hhiiss hheeaadd..
Mother Frog: It can’t be bigger than this.
Brother Frog: It's legs are bigger than that.
BByy tthhiiss ttiimmee,, BBiigg BBrrootthheerr FFrroogg ggeettss aa lliittttllee wwoorrrriieedd.. MMootthheerr FFrroogg’ss bbeellllyy iiss
aallrreeaaddyy vveerryy sswwoolllleenn.. IItt llooookkss lliikkee iitt iiss ggooiinngg ttoo bbuurrsstt aannyy mmiinnuuttee..
Mother Frog: Okay. Wait just a minute. I’ll try to puff myself up one more
time.
Brother Frog: Please don’t, Mother Frog. It is too dangerous.
Mother Frog: No, I’m fine. I can become bigger.
TThhee MMootthheerr FFrroogg ccoonnttiinnuueess ttoo ppuuffff uupp hheerr bbeellllyy.. HHeerr ffaaccee iiss aallll rreedd..
Brother Frog: Please stop, Mother Frog. The Ox was much bigger than you.
Mother Frog: Don’t worry. I can become bigger than Ox. Was it this big
Brother Frog: It was much, much, much bigger!
TThhee MMootthheerr FFrroogg ttaakkeess iinn mmoorree aanndd mmoorree aaiirr.. HHeerr bbeellllyy iiss rreeaallllyy aabboouutt tt bbuurrsstt..
Mother Frog: I’ll show you.
TThhee MMootthheerr FFrroogg iiss sswwoolllleenn lliikkee aa bbaalllloooonn.. FFiinnaallllyy,, iitt hhaappppeennss.. TThhee MMootthheerr
FFrroogg’ss bbeellllyy bbuurrssttss!! PPoopp!!
Brother Frog: Oh my goodness! Mother Frog! Mother Frog! Wake up! Wake up!
Please！ What shall I do Boo-hoo.
MMOORRAALL
DDoonn’tt ttrryy ttoo ddoo tthhee iimmppoossssiibbllee..
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