The Frog
Reading edition
Be kind and tender to the Frog, And do not call him names, As 'Slimy skin,' or 'Polly-wog,' Or likewise 'Ugly James,' Or 'Gap-a-grin,' or 'Toad-gone-wrong,' Or 'Bill Bandy-knees':
The Frog is justly sensitive To epithets like these.
No animal will more repay A treatment kind and fair; At least
so lonely people say Who keep a frog (and, by the way, They are extremely rare).
Oh! My!