“Hey, what gives?” shouted the log-frogs. Bewildered, the frogs looked back at the pond’s shoreline and discovered that only half of the frogs jumped. The frogs figured that, well, even if the log provides a sub-best day, at least it’s a new log, and the frogs hopped on the log. They had so much freedom that it had spoiled them, and they did nothing but sit around croaking in a bored manner and wishing for a government that could entertain them with the pomp and display of royalty, and rule them in a way to make them know they were being ruled. Initially impressed by the log’s problematically loud splash, the thoughtful frogs cautiously observed their fellow frogs who looked at each other and shrugged. 8, 4-6, 6-8, 8-10, The Ants and the Grasshopper The Frogs Who Wished for a King The Oak and the Reeds The Boys and the Frogs The Lion, the Fox and the. The Frogs Who Wished For A King The Frogs were tired of governing themselves. Amused, he read the frogs’ demand again: “We desire a king to solve the problem of problemlessness for our fellow frogs.” Signed: “The Thoughtful Frogs.” Zeus looked through his cloud at the pond, shrugged, and tossed down a log, mockingly shouting, “Behold, your log-king!” Zeus, the god of gods, received the thoughtful frogs’ lengthy petition. ![]() The committee of thoughtful frogs started by sending a lengthy petition to Zeus demanding that he send their fellow frogs a king to tell them what to do, and, smiling compassionately upon their fellow frogs, they awaited Zeus’ reply. They resolved to appoint a king to rule the peaceful pond by assigning their fellow frogs a list of problems to solve every day, thereby freeing the frogs from the constant anxiety of accidentally making sub-best decisions every single day. We need to give our fellow frogs a purpose! And so the thoughtful frogs organized a committee to solve the problem of their fellow frog’s problemlessness. The thoughtful frogs wanted to end their fellow frogs’ worries, and, ironically, they found that worrying about their fellow frog’s worries alleviated their own worries (the thoughtful frogs’) by giving them (the thoughtful frogs) a purpose, a problem to solve. Some very thoughtful frogs began to worry about the worries of their fellow frogs. “Oh, what’s the point?” croaked a incredibly depressed frog who had been picking at a very plump, succulent fly all morning, and who later that day hopped in front of a car. “I’d like to do it all,” sighed a chunky frog through a mouthful of flies. “What if I select a sub-best decision?” worried one particularly anxious frog. In fact, they worried about it so much that they spent most of their days doing nothing but worrying about how best to spend one’s day. Without any life-threatening problems to solve, the frogs only had to worry about choosing the best way to spend one’s day. But, naturally, the frogs eventually grew restless and bored and, worst of all, anxious with their freedom. ![]() Living peacefully outside of the food chain-always eating but never eaten-the frogs were free to spend their days however they pleased. ONCE UPON A TIME THERE LIVED A CLAN OF FROGS in a peaceful pond that Zeus, the god of gods, protected against predators and starvation and nasty weather.
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