Doggerel about a Frog-Who-Will come to Grief
(with apologies to Jean de La Fontaine)
 
A Frog once spied a bull
As he placidly was grazing
"Oh, to be like that fair creature
Whould be something quite amazing!"
 
For her to make that crazy wish
Was really quite a joke,
Not being any larger than
An egg white and its yoke!
 
The concept was so stupid
And the task was something major
"But I think I can achieve it
With some big time aerophagia!"
 
The bull monitored her progress
But he could see no change.
The girth of her green tummy
Was still in normal range.
 
She stretched, and retched and worked so hard
And with sweat her brow was soaked.
Her efforts were for naught, my friends,
Until at last she croaked!
 
The moral of this fable's clear
As water from the fountain
And never does it make my friends
A mole hill into a mountain.
 
A common person cannot change
A life role that he hates.
No matter how we try, my friends,
We all can't be Bill Gates!
 
Philip Mossman
Programme Elderhostel, Trois-Rivières
Juin 1998