The Snake and the Frog

 Long long time ago in the forest, there lived a snake. The snake was big but old and weak. He was always in hunger
during the day, because he was not able to catch his prey anymore.
Oneday_, he hitched hike to get his food and arrived in a pond full
of frogs, his delicious and favourite food.

"Ehm ... they look so delicious", he said to him self. "I
hope I can get them
for the meal", he thought. When the
old snake came closer, the frogs fleet into the thick forest. The snake was so sad, he was getting more hungry
because he hadn't got any food that day. "I must find the way to
catch them, they are too fast for me", he said. Then the snake was lying
moveless and pretended to be dead.

"Look!
the dangerous snake doesn't try to chase after us, perhaps he was dead, let's see!" the prince of the frog
said. "Don't! don't do that my son, he will swallow you, he may be not dead. He is only sleeping!" the queen of
the frog said.

But the prince didn't care of his mother's saying. He then approached
the
snake. Knowing that the snake kept being
moveless, the prince frog came closer
bravely. But when the snake opened the eye, the frog was frightened and
jumped off.

"Don't be
afraid little frog, I will not hurt you", the snake said. "I bit a
son of a meditating man once, the prayer was very angry and cursed me, he told me that I had to serve every
frog in the world and had to carry them anywhere they wanted", the
snake added.

"Was it
right?" the stupid prince asked but trusted him then. "Yes that's right, prince", the snake replied in a low voice. "I am the servant of your
honour, please, you can get on my
back". The prince then got on the tricky snake's back. "Take
me to the palace of ours" the prince frog instructed.

"Get off
the snake's back!" the queen shouted. "Don't worry my mother, this
snake will not hurt me", the prince said to his mother.

"If so, how happy we are to have a ride", the king and the queen said. The mouth of the big old snake became wet to think about
delicious fat frog riding on his
back. But he realised that he had to be patient to wait a good time to eat.

The snake took the kings frog and family to go in and out of the forest
for
several days. But one day the snake suddenly
stopped on the way. "What's the matter?", the prince asked the
snake, "Why do you stop?" "I haven't bad the meal for several
days so that I feel very weak now", the snake said sadly.

"Would
you permit me to swallow several
frogs?", the snake asked.

"How can I permit you to eat my people!", the king frog asked
him, puzzled. "If you don't allow me to eat I am goin^g to die and you have no one to
take around",
the snake persuaded. "If that is the case, you may
take some of them for your meal", the king said. The hungry
snake began to swallow the frogs one
by one. It made him stronger and stronger.

One day the
snake went around the pond to find some frog but he didn't get a single one. He,
then went to see the king and told the king. "No more frog left
in the pond, your honour!"

"Is it
right?", the king asked him surprisingly. "Yes, it is right, and I am hungry again now. "I have eaten all
frogs in this pond", the snake said, and
this is your turn now".

"What!, how brave you are to eat me. I am the king
of the frogs!" shouted the king frog. The snake,  however,
cared him no more, nothing scared against the three frogs. He immediately grabbed them all, the king, the queen and the small
prince frog.

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