82 Nature Myths and Stories.

“I did my duty, even if I lost my beauty,” he
thought; “that is enough for a frog. This spark
must be saved.”

After much choking he spat the swallowed
spark well into the bark.

The gift came, in this way, to all men; for, in even
the wettest weather, if you rub two sticks together,
fire is sure to come.

Because we know how the frog hurt his throat
that day, we like to listen to his hoarse voice when
we hear him singing to his children in the spring.