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Show Story Telling 81 The Frog and the Eagle The frog took the eagle to his favorite spot, a cliff which was ^ situated over a pond. He used this pond as a mirror to admire his ugly self. Actually, it was this place which he used to kill people (at that time animals were considered people) he didn't like. The frog was jealous of the eagle and thought now was the time to get rid of him. He said, "Come, my friend, and see yourself in my mirror. See how handsome you look. I'll bet you've never seen yourself in a mirror." The eagle became very excited about seeing himself in the mirror. When he got to the cliff, he peered over the edge, and suddenly the ugly old frog pushed the eagle over the cliff. Fortunately, the eagle had wings which the frog didn't know anything about, so the eagle was able to keep his balance. He glided high into the sky and gradually approached the frog from behind. He grabbed the frog, as a wrestler does, in a bear hug. The frog, not knowing who had grabbed him, hollered out, "My friend, don't do that. The earth is going to make noises, very bad noises." Still the eagle held him and edged him to the cliff and pushed him off. The eagle, upon hearing the big splash the frog made when it hit the water, said to himself, "The earth did make noise." Why the Frog Croaks Long ago, all the animals talked, and the frog especially had a beautiful voice. One frog had two beautiful daughters and he was very proud of them. One day the daughters, while on an outing in the forest, met an eagle and fell in love with the eagle's beautiful hands (claws). The two daughters told their father when he got home that evening about meeting a very handsome animal. They described him as very stately and with the most beautiful white hands they had ever seen. Their father became very upset about this report because he had always believed his daughters thought he was the most handsome animal. He told his daughters that he wanted to meet this handsome animal with the beautiful white hands. The daughters arranged to have the eagle come to meet their father. In preparation for this meeting, the frog scrubbed his wart-like face until he shone like glass. He wanted to prove to his daughters that he was the more handsome when compared side-by-side. To the frog's amazement, he had to agree with |