THE TOAD AND THE BUTTERFLY

The Toad sat in the shallows of a pond.

His croaking boomed out over the water.

He was content and wanted all to know.



By and by, along came a Butterfly.

She fluttered out of reach of the Toad's Tongue.

"What are you so happy about?" she asked.



"My family is well and prosperous."

"What is your secret?" the Butterfly asked.

"Come closer and I shall whisper you it"



The Butterfly fluttered close to the Toad.

"What is your secret, then?" she asked again.

"It is shrewdness and guile," came the reply.



Two butterfly wings fell down to the pond.

The Toad's tongue had struck out with lightning speed.



Sometimes, there is no beauty in a meal.