The Frogs

Jan T.

The story of the frogs

A simple story.

Once there was a group of frogs who lived in a dark deep well - filthy and murky, no light, hardly any food. They suffered a lot. But they thought that this is all there is to life. Until a Bird, a beautiful Bird, came down the well and announced to them that outside there is another world full of air and sun and light and flowers and snow and stars.

The Chief Frog stood up and commented : "Did you hear? The world which the Bird is speaking about is heaven - all the good frogs, those who obey the laws will go there."

But some of the frogs croaked loudly, protesting that this was not the message of the Bird. The Bird had said that this world exists now, that it is possible to live otherwise now.

A philosopher-frog, after analysing the whole situation, arrived at this sensible conclusion : "What the Bird really meant is that we can improve this world, we can build a better world. If only we enhance the light system, put in air conditioning, acquire better food, we would fulfill all our dreams..."

"No!" protested heavily some of the frogs-who-had-believed in the Good News of the Bird. "This world exists. It can be ours. We can enjoy it. It is not a question of just improving. It is a whole new creation. The Bird has actually seen it."

Many frogs got mad at these few believers. They taunted them, they laughed at them, they threatened them prison for their stubbornness. Until... the frogs-who-believed made a leap. They jumped out of the dark, murky well and, sure enough, there was it was .... the sun and the stars, and the flowers and the trees, and the wind and the clouds, and the moon and the snow...

doctoremma

Indeed, the natural world is a beautiful place.

Jan T.

Yes thank God for its beauty, but to me the story is more than that, there's a bigger life out there than this world alone.

doctoremma

Jan T. wrote: »

Yes thank God for its beauty, but to me the story is more than that, there's a bigger life out there than this world alone.

Do you currently live down a well?

J C

doctoremma wrote: »

Do you currently live down a well?

Many people live down metaphorical 'wells' ... hemmed in by their own unfounded prejudices!!!;)

Jan T.

doctoremma wrote: »

Do you currently live down a well?

No I hopped out a long time ago, thank God.

martinedwards

hop out of the well, you're likely to get et!

recedite

What is the moral of this story?
That frogs who thought they should live in poverty during this life, but thought they would go to frog heaven in the afterlife were wrong?
That frogs who thought they should get out of the rut they were in, and live this life to the full were right?

Benny_Cake

Closing this as the OP has been sitebanned.