Perez's Frog / Granota verda (Pelophylax perezi) |
I find small frogs incredibly endearing, cute even, but, I must admit that, when they get older, I have a slight phobia of them. I'm not sure where this fear comes from - did a frog leap at me when I was younger? Such fears are unfounded and, perhaps, it is wise to heed the words of Hilaire Belloc in his poem about this amphibian.
The Frog
by Hilaire Belloc
Be kind and tender to the Frog,
And do not call him names,
As 'Slimy skin', or 'Polly-wog',
Or likewise 'Ugly James',
Or 'Gap-a-grin', or 'Toad-gone-wrong',
Or 'Billy Bandy-knees':
The Frog is justly sensitive
To epithets like these.
No animal will more repay
A treatment kind and fair;
At least so lonely people say
Who keep a frog (and, by the way,
They are extremely rare).
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