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La Grenouille qui se veut faire aussi grosse que le Bœuf

The Frog Who Wanted to Be as Big as the Ox

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A frog sees an ox who seems to her a fine size. She, no bigger than an egg, is envious: she stretches, swells and strains to equal him. «Look well, my sister: is it enough? Am I there yet?» «No.» «Am I there now?» «Not at all.» «And now?» «You are nowhere near.» The puny creature swells so much that she bursts. The world is full of people no wiser: every townsman wants to build like the great lords, every little prince has ambassadors, every marquis wants pages.

Retold from Fables de La Fontaine (Bernardin-Béchet, Paris 1874), Livre premier, III: La Grenouille qui se veut faire aussi grosse que le Bœuf by Jean de La Fontaine (public domain).

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