THE FROG AND THE EEL

 

THE FROG AND THE EEL - A TRUE STORY

A FABLE 

ONE summer evening a number of frogs were croaking on the margin of a pond, when an eel passed by. 'Well friend.'- a frog cried out to him, 'will you sing with us?'
 'I cannot,' replied the eel; 'I have no voice.'

'You have no voice, you cannot sing then. Poor little fellow. how I pity you!'

' I am very much obliged to you.' replied the eel. 'However, people who have heard you, have told me, that a discreet silence is often better than an incessant chattering.'

 J.F.C.

References:

1. Chatterbox 1876