Positive Persistence

Positive Persistence

Two frogs fell into a can of cream

—or so I’ve heard it told.

The sides of the can were shiny and steep,

the cream was deep and cold.

“Oh, what’s the use?” said No. 1,

“’tis fate—no help around—

Good-bye my friend! Good-bye sad world!”

And weeping still, he drowned.

But No. 2 was of sterner stuff,

dog-paddled in surprise,

The while he wiped his creamy face

and dried his creamy eyes.

“I’ll swim awhile, at least,” he said

—or so it has been said—

“It wouldn’t really help the world

if one more frog was dead.”

An hour or two he kicked and swam—

not once he stopped to mutter,

But kicked and swam, and swam and kicked,

then hopped out, via butter.

~Author unknown