Three paper frogs
Sat and talked.
"What do we do?
Now that we're here."
"We should jump,"
Said one frog.
"That's what frogs
Do all the time."
"Why should we?"
Asked another.
"We seem fine
Just sitting here."
"I have heard,"
The third frog quipped.
"That to jump
Is to be free
For eternity."
The frogs frowned.
"How do we jump?"
"Who can we ask?"
"Why should we jump?"
"I wish to jump,"
Said the first frog.
"By all means,
I will find a way."
"Bah, nonsense."
Second frog scoffed.
"Shallow-mindedness!
Jumping because
Others tell you to."
"Here's a thought,"
The third frog said.
"Create ourselves,
We did not.
Wouldn't it then,
Be fitting that
We seek help from,
He who made us?"
The other two
Listened and thought.
"Too much trouble."
Yawned the first.
"I never liked
Chasing others.
Are there no
Easier ways?
I think I shall
Seek answers
ALL BY MYSELF."
"You bunch of fools,"
Laughed the second.
"Frogs need not jump,
They can crawl.
Jump to be free?
That's funny.
HE EXISTS NOT."
Sadly the third
Shook his head.
"Very well then,
Let us part.
I hope we shall
Meet once more
And be happy
FOR ETERNITY."
With that the frogs
Went their ways.
Time passed on
They lived on.
Then came a day
All frogs dread.
He picked the three
And dropped them
In a hollow.
"Where is this?"
Cried One and Two.
"It's a dustbin."
Replied the third.
"What happens next?"
"We get disposed."
"And then where?"
"Filth, stench, dirt,
Rotting trash,
TILL YOU ROT TOO."
"No!" They both weeped.
"What can we do?"
"I'm sorry
You chose this path."
With one last tear
The first frog
Looked at his friends
"Come, join me."
A voice smiled.
First frog rejoiced
As a finger
Pressed his rear
And made him jump
Out of the trash.
Where he jumped
Happily
FOR ETERNITY.
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