Saturday, October 4, 2008

A Silly Story about a Bald Frog who Wanted a Wig

One day a young frog sat staring at his reflection in the pond. He realized his lack of hair as his friends went by one after another: Beaver, Bear, Deer, even Jumping Spider had lovely hair. . .but none for poor frog. He went to visit the wise one of the pond, Grandfather Catfish. Grandfather told him he was not meant to have hair, but Frog was determined to find hair for himself. He began asking his friends if they would donate hair for his cause. No one agreed, saying that a frog had no need of hair. Finally the rabbit agreed to share her hair, as it was beautiful and brown and she had a kind heart, and a soft spot for Frog. Frog went to his friend Spider and asked her to use Rabbit's hair to create a wig for him She used her weaving and spinning skills to create a handsome wig for the frog. Everyone thought it was quite silly, but no one wanted to hurt Frog's feelings, so they didn't say anything. But to each other, they began using an expression, "Fine as Frog's Hair!" whenever something was terribly silly. And we still use the expression to this day!

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