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On the quiet sedgy bank of a stagnant pool, and under the shadow of rank reeds and bulrushes, sat two frogs. They had retired from the shoal, who were disporting themselves in the water, and were earnestly talking. The elder of the two, an old matron, addressing the younger, who, by-the-by, was her son, said,--
"My dear Froggy, you had better stop quietly with me; you do not know what dangers you may encounter, if you leave your secluded home."