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Baby's Own Aesop (1887)

14. The Frog and The Bull (Perry 376)

Said the Frog, quite puffed up to the eyes,
Was this Bull about me as to size?"
"Rather bigger, frog-brother."
"Puff, puff," said the other,
"A Frog is a Bull if he tries."

BRAG IS NOT ALWAYS BELIEF

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The Baby's Own Aesop (verse fables by W.J. Linton), 1887. Illustrations by Walter Crane. Available online at International Children's Digital Library.