One day it rained heavily after days
of scorching summer heat. The evening became very pleasant. When the rain
stopped, people came out to walk. Some children played happily on the swings,
while the others floated paper boats on the accumulated rain water on the streets.
A group of frogs made its way in
a nearby swamp. They merrily hopped around and crocked. The tadpoles went
leaping around the swamp soils. The old frogs sat on the banks, bulged their
eyes. The sound of frogs and the splashing swamp water reverberated around. A group
of boys from the near village came for fishing in the forest pond. When they
heard the sound, they went there and saw the frogs dotted around. Seeing the
boys, the frogs leapt into the water.
One of the boys suggested playing
the hit-the-target game. The other boys agreed and they started hitting the
frogs randomly. It came as a volley of boulders and many frogs were hurt badly.
Some of the little frogs were injured by the stones, while other died.
Seeing this, an elderly frog was
sitting under a rock mount in the water got very worried. He decided to stop
the boys. The frog hopped out and seated on a lily pad. He yelled, altering the
boys, ‘O Humans! Your are merciless and work mindless. My fellows are injured
and some of them have died. It is game for you, but look the damage it is doing
to us. Have pity on us!’
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