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A Mouse and a Frog struck up a friendship; they were not well

mated, for the Mouse lived entirely on land, while the Frog was

equally at home on land or in the water. In order that they might

never be separated, the Frog tied himself and the Mouse together

by the leg with a piece of thread. As long as they kept on dry

land all went fairly well; but, coming to the edge of a pool, the

Frog jumped in, taking the Mouse with him, and began swimming

about and croaking with pleasure. The unhappy Mouse, however, was

soon drowned, and floated about on the surface in the wake of the

Frog. There he was spied by a Hawk, who pounced down on him and

seized him in his talons. The Frog was unable to loose the knot

which bound him to the Mouse, and thus was carried off along with

him and eaten by the Hawk.

THE BOY AND THE NETTLES