This fable tells us the story of some frogs who lived in a pond. Those frogs had the freedom to do whatever they pleased and had no ruler to order them around. But the fable tells us that all this freedom had spoiled them, so much so that they began asking from Jupiter for a king that would rule them as they deserved. With pomp and show and the right display of royalty. Jupiter heard their pleas and to please them and keep them quiet he threw down the pond a huge log, which fell into the water with a great splash. The frogs were at first terrified and hid themselves. But they soon realized that king Log was tame and peaceable. And so, feeling contempt for the appointed king, they started complaining to Jupiter for the government. Jupiter now angry and impatient with them sent down a new king. A Crane. This king was different from the passive Log, as he seized the frogs and ate them up. The remaining frogs ran away in fright and begged Jupiter to take away king Crane beca...