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Aesop's Fables: The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk
by Aesop The Swollen FoxThe Boy and the NettlesThe Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk A Mouse and a Frog struck up a friendship; they were not well mated, for the Mouse lived entirely on land,…Aesop's Fables: The Frogs Asking for a King
by Aesop The Boy and the FilbertsThe Olive-Tree and the Fig-TreeThe Frogs Asking for a King Time was when the Frogs were discontented because they had no one to rule over them: so they…froghopper
(Encyclopedia) froghopper or spittlebug, small, hopping insect of the order Homoptera. The adult, under 1&fslsh;2 in. (1.2 cm) long in most species, is triangular in shape and usually gray or…Gurdon, Sir John Bertrand
(Encyclopedia) Gurdon, Sir John Bertrand, 1933–, British biologist, Ph.D. Oxford, 1962. He has been a researcher at Cambridge since 1971. Gurdon was the joint recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in…clone
(Encyclopedia) clone, group of organisms, all of which are descended from a single individual through asexual reproduction, as in a pure cell culture of bacteria. Except for changes in the hereditary…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Tyrant Frog
The Fugitive Office The Eligible Son-in-Law The Tyrant Frog A SNAKE swallowing a frog head-first was approached by a Naturalist with a stick. "Ah, my deliverer," said the Snake as…Aesop's Fables: The Frogs' Complaint Against the Sun
by Aesop The Fir-Tree and the BrambleThe Dog, the Cock, and the FoxThe Frogs' Complaint Against the Sun Once upon a time the Sun was about to take to himself a wife. The Frogs in terror…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Tyrant Frog
156 158 The Tyrant Frog A SNAKE swallowing a frog head-first was approached by a Naturalist with a stick. "Ah, my deliverer," said the Snake as well as he could, "you have arrived just in time;…Henson, Jim
(Encyclopedia) Henson, Jim (James Maury Henson), 1936–90, American puppeteer, creator of the Muppets, b. Greenville, Miss., grad. Univ. of Maryland (A.B., 1960). In 1954 he got his first job as a…Dangerous Animals: Scorpions, Bears, and Poison-Dart Tree Frogs
Scorpions, bears, and poison-dart tree frogs by David Johnson Some tree frogs produce the most toxic biological substances known. Profiles of Dangerous Animals Animals…Trending
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