Question
THE FROG THAT WISHED TO BE AS BIG AS THE OX
The tenant of a bog,
An envious little frog,
Not bigger than an egg,
A stately bullock spies,
And, smitten with his size,
Attempts to be as big,
With earnestness and pains,
She stretches, swells, and strains,
And says, ‘Sis Frog, look here! see me!
Is this enough?’ ‘No, no.’
‘Well, then, is this?’ ‘Poh! poh!
Enough! you don’t begin to be.’
And thus the reptile sits,
Enlarging till she splits.
The world is full of folks
Of just such wisdom;--
The lordly dome provokes
The cit to build his dome;
And, really, there is no telling
How much great men set little ones a swelling.
Which moral lesson is this fable intended to teach?
(1 point)
Responses
Working hard is the key to achieving one’s dreams.
Working hard is the key to achieving one’s dreams.
People harm themselves when they strive to be what they cannot.
People harm themselves when they strive to be what they cannot.
Success often comes from striving for the impossible.
Success often comes from striving for the impossible.
Being envious of what others have is not always a bad thing.
The tenant of a bog,
An envious little frog,
Not bigger than an egg,
A stately bullock spies,
And, smitten with his size,
Attempts to be as big,
With earnestness and pains,
She stretches, swells, and strains,
And says, ‘Sis Frog, look here! see me!
Is this enough?’ ‘No, no.’
‘Well, then, is this?’ ‘Poh! poh!
Enough! you don’t begin to be.’
And thus the reptile sits,
Enlarging till she splits.
The world is full of folks
Of just such wisdom;--
The lordly dome provokes
The cit to build his dome;
And, really, there is no telling
How much great men set little ones a swelling.
Which moral lesson is this fable intended to teach?
(1 point)
Responses
Working hard is the key to achieving one’s dreams.
Working hard is the key to achieving one’s dreams.
People harm themselves when they strive to be what they cannot.
People harm themselves when they strive to be what they cannot.
Success often comes from striving for the impossible.
Success often comes from striving for the impossible.
Being envious of what others have is not always a bad thing.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The moral lesson that this fable is intended to teach is:
**People harm themselves when they strive to be what they cannot.**
The frog's ambition to become as big as the ox, despite its natural limitations, leads to its demise, highlighting the dangers of envy and trying to be something one is not.
**People harm themselves when they strive to be what they cannot.**
The frog's ambition to become as big as the ox, despite its natural limitations, leads to its demise, highlighting the dangers of envy and trying to be something one is not.