THE FROGS' DINNER
Sown by the Stream of the water-weed! Is a green little corner among the reeds \nd there, where the stones are warm In the sun, ?••-" Father Frog and Flippy, his son. Dn Saturday (noon) they were going t( dine; rhey had no meat and they had no wine; 3ut Father Frog had1 been out alone, \nd he caught a worm, and he brought H
Flippy sat down with his eyes agog? .... A fat little, round little, hungry frog. (Their table had only been there a week, A mushroom growing beside the creek.) Father sat up to carve the worm; His eye was good, and his wrist was firm. When down from the blue swooped a ' mischievous elf ■...„' Who snatohed their dinner— AND ATE IT HIMSELF! BETTY KNELL.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19300208.2.144.10
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1930, Page 18
Word Count
130THE FROGS' DINNER Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 33, 8 February 1930, Page 18
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in