Aesop's Fables · Character

The Frogs

A chorus of pond-dwellers whose restless complaints and reckless petitions for change invite tyrants far worse than the quiet lives they abandoned.

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Also known as The Frogs, the Frogs, Frog, The Frog, the Frog

First appearance: The Boys and the Frogs

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The Frogs live at the water's edge, a community quick to grumble about their lot and quicker to demand a king to rule them. Their dissatisfaction is comic and tragic at once: what they want is order, but what they get,…

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The Boys and the Frogs
Victims of the boys' cruel sport; one frog speaks out to plead for their lives.
The Hares and the Frogs
The Frogs, startled by the Hares' approach, leap into the water, revealing their own timidity.
The Frogs’ Complaint Against the Sun
They complain to Jupiter about the Sun's impending marriage.
The Quack Frog
The Frog who falsely proclaims himself a physician.
The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk
Ties himself to the Mouse, drags him into the water, and is ultimately eaten by the Hawk due to the binding.
The Frogs Asking for a King
Discontented frogs who petition Jupiter for a king and are punished for their folly.
The Ox and the Frog
Two little frogs play at the pool's edge; one is crushed by the ox. The mother frog, in her grief and pride, attempts to inflate herself to match the ox's size and bursts.
The Two Frogs
Two frogs are neighbors; one lives in a marsh, the other in a lane.
The Frogs and the Well
Two frogs who lose their marsh home and consider moving into a well.

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