CHAPTER III
THE HEDGEHOG

RHAPS there was something
in this idea, and it became
strengthened in the boy’s mind
when he perceived that the frogs
all hopped in one direction, as if they quite
well knew where they wished to go. There-
fore, with a wisdom beyond his years, the
boy begged the nurse not to try and catch
his brothers and sisters any more, but to
follow them at a slow pace, and see where
they went, and what they did. The good
woman agreed to this proposal, and the
frogs hopped on as fast as they could until
they came to a bank, which they mounted
one after the other; and when they came to