1、the LEAP-FROG A Flea， a Grasshopper， and a Leap-frog oncewanted to see which could jump highest； and theyinvited the whole world， and everybody else besideswho chose to come to see the festival. Three famousjumpers were they， as everyone would say， w
2、henthey all met together in the room. “I will give my daughter to him who jumpshighest，” exclaimed the King；“for it is not soamusing where there is no prize to jump for.” the Flea was the first to step forward. He had exquisite manners， and bowed to
3、 thecompany on all sides； for he had noble blood， and was， moreover，accustomed to thesociety of man alone； and that makes a GREat difference. then came the Grasshopper. He was considerably heavier， but he was well-mannered， andwore a GREen uniform， w
4、hich he had by right of birth； he said， moreover， that hebelonged to a very ancient Egyptian family， and that in the house where he then was， he wasthought much of. The fact was， he had been just brought out of the fields， and put in apasteboard house
5、， three stories high， all made of court-cards， with the colored sideinwards； and doors and windows cut out of the body of the Queen of Hearts.“I sing so well，”said he，“that sixteen native grasshoppers who have chirped from infancy， and yet got nohouse
6、 built of cards to live in， grew thinner than they were before for sheer vexation whenthey heard me.” It was thus that the Flea and the Grasshopper gave an account of themselves，andthought they were quite good enough to marry a Princess. the Leap-fr
7、og said nothing； but people gave it as their opinion， that he therefore thoughtthe more； and when the housedog snuffed at him with his nose， he confessed the Leap-frogwas of good family. The old councillor， who had had three orders given him to make h
8、im holdhis tongue， asserted that the Leap-frog was a prophet； for that one could see on his back，if there would be a severe or mild winter， and that was what one could not see even on theback of the man who writes the almanac. “I say nothing，
