Be kind and tender to the Frog,
And do not call him names,
As "Slimy skin," or "Polly-wog,"Or likewise "Ugly James,"Or "Gap-a-grin," or "Toad-gone-wrong,"Or "Bill Bandy-knees":
The Frog is justly
To epithets like these.
No animal will more repayA treatment kind and fair;
At least so lonely people
Who keep a frog (and, by the way,
They are extremely rare).
