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 "What do we want of a king?" asked a small and inquisitive frog.

But his voice was hardly heard, for all the other frogs shouted together, "Yes, let us have a king. Let us have a king."

"Haven't we all we need, now, to make us happy?" asked the little, inquisitive frog again. But nobody paid the slightest attention to him.

So the other frogs sent a request to the Great Ruler of the land, asking that he appoint a king to rule over them.

"A king of the frogs!" said the Great Ruler, when he heard their request. And then he knit his brows and thought for a very long time.

But nobody knew that his thoughts were the same as those of the little, inquisitive frog to whom nobody had paid any attention.

At last the Great Ruler spoke.

"Why do you want a king?" he asked. "Have you not, now, everything you need to make you happy?"

But all the frogs shouted in chorus, "Give us a king. Give us a king."

So the Great Ruler knit his brows and thought again for a very long time.