The Frog Who Taught a Man to Swim

by HRM Deborah

The once was a man that could not swim and actually was a bit afraid, even though he wanted to learn how too.

So one day, he found a frog and he very carefully put the frog into his pants pocket.

He then walked closer to the edge of the pond and jumped in, thinking the frog would keep him afloat. Like a stone he sank to the bottom and wished very hard what he should do.

In this time, the frog wiggled his way out of the man’s pocket and started paddling as hard as the frog could to the surface.

The man seeing the frog paddle, so he thought he would try to do the same, so he worked very hard to move his arms and legs and before he knew he popped to the top of the water and paddled to shore, meeting the frog on the bank.

Satisfied that the frog did indeed teach him how to swim, he was grateful to the frog and thanked him. The frog in turn said, "It would have been easier, if you had not hampered me in your pants pocket.”