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Many frogs lived in a lake.
It was a huge lake.
The frogs swam around.
They ate flies.
But they could not agree on who was in charge.
“We need a king,” they said.
They croaked about it all day long.
So they went to the god Zeus.
They asked him for a king.
▲ Zeus
■ask for
■live in
■lake
■huge
■ swim around (swim–swam–swum)
■eat (eat–ate–eaten)
■fl
■agree on
■be in charge
■need
■croak
■about
■all day long
■so
■god
Zeus felt sorry for the frogs.
“I will give them a king,” he said.
He dropped a log into the lake.
It went SPLASH into the water.
“Help!” cried the frogs.
“What is that?”
They were very frightened.
They all swam to the bottom of the lake.
The frogs hid there for a long time.
■feel sorry for (feel–felt–felt)
■drop
■log
■ go splash into the water (go–went–gone)
■frightened
■bottom
■hide (hide–hid–hidden)
■for a long time
■after a while
■see (see–saw–seen)
■do (do–did–done)
■nothing
■floa around
■move
■climb out of
■call
■mind
After a while, they saw that the log did nothing.
It floated around.
It did not move much.
“Is this our new king?” they asked.
“He does not do much.”
Some of the frogs climbed out of the water.
They sat on the log.
“Come on,” they called to the others.
“We can sit on the king.
He does not mind.”
After a while, the frogs got angry.
“This king is no good,” they said.
“He does not do anything.
Give us a better king.”
They croaked about it all day long.
So they went back to Zeus.
The frogs asked him for another king.
Zeus was a bit angry.
But he felt sorry for the frogs.
Who was the first king of the frogs?
Zeus
a log
■get angry (get–got–gotten)
■no good
■anything
■better
■go back
■another
■a bit
■eel
■wriggle
■the edge of
■stay
So Zeus dropped an eel into the lake.
It wriggled about in the water.
“Help!” said the frogs.
“What is that?”
They were very frightened.
They all swam to the edge of the lake.
They stayed there for a long time.
After a while, they saw that the eel just swam about.
It wriggled here and there.
It did not say much.
“Is this our new king?” asked the frogs.
“He is better than the old one.”
So the frogs asked the eel, “What shall we do?”
■swim about
■here and there
■shall
■change
■at last
“I don’t mind,” said the eel.
“Do what you like.”
“What a good king!” said the frogs.
They swam around for a while.
They ate flies.
“Nothing has changed,” they said at last.
“We want a better king.”
They croaked about it all day long.
So they went back to Zeus a third time.
“This king is no good,” they said.
“He does not tell us anything.
Give us a better king.”
Zeus was very angry with the frogs.
They croaked and complained all the time.
“I will send them a king,” he said.
“They will not complain again.”
When the frogs asked for a king for the third time, how did Zeus feel?
sorry
angry
■third
■tell (tell–told–told)
■complain
■all the time
■send (send–sent–sent)
■again
So Zeus sent a heron to the lake.
It had a long beak.
It had sharp eyes.
The heron stood at the edge of the water.
“Is this our new king?” said the frogs.
“He is watching us closely.
That is a good thing.
What a good king he is!”
But the heron was hungry.
He began to eat the frogs.
Each day, he ate a few more.
The lake grew quiet.
At last, there were no frogs left to croak upon the lake.
▲ heron
■heron
■beak
■sharp
■stand (stand–stood–stood)
■watch closely
■begin (begin–began–begun)
■each day
■a few more
■grow quiet (grow–grew–grown)
■leave (leave–left–left)