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The Frogs who wished for a King - Summary and Analysis | Aesop Fables

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. 

a square image that on the top says aesop fables and in the middle says the frogs who wished for a king. on the right side of the text there is a sketch of three green frogs the one on top of the other and on the left side of the text there is the sketch of a piece of wood, a log, that appears to be floating on water. on top of the log there is a golden crown to indicate that this log is considered to be king

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 because he was a cruel tyrant. 

But Jupiter scorned them saying that they got what they asked for and so they had only themselves to blame for their misfortunes.

I gave to this fable the following moral lesson "Take care in what you ask for - you might get more than you bargained for". 

I think this fable is trying to teach us not to be greedy but to appreciate everything good we have. Otherwise, we might end up like those frogs who weren’t satisfied with having their freedom and ended up losing not just that but their lives as well.

Note: Jupiter is the roman name for the Greek god Zeus, and I’ve seen those two names being used interchangeably in the English translation of Aesop’s Fables.

Listen to the fable as i narrated it here


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