The Lazy Frog

The Lazy Frog

Fred is a very lazy frog

Who lolls all day upon a log.

He always manages to shirk

Doing a single stroke of work.

His poor old mother calls in vain

“Come in and help!” he does not bother

To move two inches, much preferring

To be extremely hard-of-hearing.

He like there in a silent heap,

And stays conveniently asleep.

1.      Who is Fred?

Fred is a very lazy frog.

2.      What did the frog do all the day?

The frog lolled all day upon a log.

3.      What did Fred do when a work was given to him

Fred shirked doing a single stroke of work.

4.      Give the meaning of:-

Lolls                             -           to lie lazily

Shirk                            -           to avoid work or a duty

In vain                         -           uselessly

Prefer                          -           like something better

Hard of hearing          -           deaf

5.      Write the rhyming words?

Frog     -           log

Heap    -           asleep

Shirk    -           weak

6.      What is the reaction of Fred when his mother calls him?

Fred does not bother to move and pretends not to hear the call of his mother.

The Lazy Frog

Stanza II

If a lady frog hops past

You’d think he would get up at last.

To bow, and help her on her way?

But no, I am ashamed to say

That when a lady frog comes by

He does not open up one eye!

1.      What was Fred expected to do when a lady frog hops fast?

Fred was expected to get up to bow and help the lady frog who hops fast.

2.      How did Fred actually react?

Fred was too last to open up his one eye.

3.      How did the mother feel about her son?

The mother felt ashamed of her son.

4.      Write the verbs?

Hops, get up, bow, ashamed, come and open.

5.      Write the rhyming pairs?

Past     -           last

Eye      -           by, way, say

6.      Name the source and poet

The name of the poem is the lazy frog and the name of the poet is unknown.