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Literary
May 31, 1865
The Weekly North Iowa Times
Mcgregor, Clayton County, Iowa
What is this article about?
Introduction to a dialect fable ('phable') by the author of 'John Brown's Track,' praising its romantic effectiveness. The story begins with a frog raised by its parents in a lovely ditch, taught to squeak musically, jump, and reflect on its tadpole past without looking down on others. The worms are large, snakes small—what more could a frog desire?
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The Following, commences a "phable," by the author of "John Brown's Track," is romantic and effective beyond anything we have lately seen:
"There wuz a phrog onst. In fack there wuz sev'ral phrogs-but 2 mny. There wuz a phrog, onst, and he wuz bro't up by his respected parents cording to the way in which a phrog orter go. They tort him to squeak—oh! he squoke so musical— they tort him to jump, and they tort him to refleck how he wuz only a tadpole onst, and hadn't orter look down upon them as wuz nothin but tadpoles yet. - The bottom of the ditch in which he resided with his parents wuz puffickly luvly. the worms in it wuz large. and the snakes wuz remarkably small. What more could a frog desire?"
"There wuz a phrog onst. In fack there wuz sev'ral phrogs-but 2 mny. There wuz a phrog, onst, and he wuz bro't up by his respected parents cording to the way in which a phrog orter go. They tort him to squeak—oh! he squoke so musical— they tort him to jump, and they tort him to refleck how he wuz only a tadpole onst, and hadn't orter look down upon them as wuz nothin but tadpoles yet. - The bottom of the ditch in which he resided with his parents wuz puffickly luvly. the worms in it wuz large. and the snakes wuz remarkably small. What more could a frog desire?"
What sub-type of article is it?
Fable
Prose Fiction
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Nature
What keywords are associated?
Frog Fable
Dialect Story
Tadpole Upbringing
Humble Life
Moral Tale
Phrog Phable
What entities or persons were involved?
By The Author Of "John Brown's Track"
Literary Details
Author
By The Author Of "John Brown's Track"
Form / Style
Dialect Prose Fable
Key Lines
"There Wuz A Phrog Onst. In Fack There Wuz Sev'ral Phrogs But 2 Mny."
They Tort Him To Squeak—Oh! He Squoke So Musical— They Tort Him To Jump, And They Tort Him To Refleck How He Wuz Only A Tadpole Onst
The Bottom Of The Ditch In Which He Resided With His Parents Wuz Puffickly Luvly. The Worms In It Wuz Large. And The Snakes Wuz Remarkably Small.
What More Could A Frog Desire?