The Frog by Hilaire Belloc

Be kind and tender to the Frog,
And do not call him names,
As "Slimy skin," or "Polly-wog,"
Or likewise "Ugly James,"
Or "Gap-a-grin," or "Toad-gone-wrong,"
Or "Bill Bandy-knees":
The Frog is justly sensitive
To epithets like these.

No animal will more repay
A treatment kind and fair;
At least so lonely people say
Who keep a frog (and, by the way,
They are extremely rare).

Hilaire Belloc

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[limeslimey]

Thank you for the awesome poem. I hope

the frogs do not mind being called "cute little buggers" 'cause that's what they are. [Not the British bugger, the American bugger]

: )  I love peepers-treefrogs.

[Loreleila]

You're welcome. I don't think frogs are quick to take offence, but like kisses in the hope of princes. :)

[PendleMoor]

Frogs, they kick the peas off ones plate.......Ribbit, Froggy %¬D

[Loreleila]

Froggies have strong legs for kicking.

[Ramiiam]

I believe H. Belloc was the poet most famous for the following couplet:

Whatever happens we have got

The Maxim Gun, and they have not.

[Loreleila]

lol! I haven't come across that before.

[Loreleila]

I hope you were kind.

[fehquig]

I used to play with them when I was a child...

[Loreleila]

:-)

[philipsmovies]

Excellent.