Stories for Boys - Frog and Heron

Frog and Heron lived in the same pond but they were not friends.

Heron spent much of his day looking for something to eat while Frog spend much of his day looking to escape Heron’s hungry beak.

One day, after barely escaping from Heron with his life, Froggy went home exhausted and angry.

He plunked down in a soft chair and was reading Froggie Life magazine when he saw an ad:  “Mister Frog, are you sick and tired of being beaten up by all the other critters in the pond?  It’s time for you to get some real muscles!” 

So Frog sent away for the home workout video trainer and began to exercise everyday.  Soon,  his muscles became bigger.  Much, much bigger!  In no time at all, he’d become a very manly looking Frog!  He said, “Let that Heron try to pick on me now!”

He hopped out of his home to face Heron.  Heron immediately spotted him and began chasing him.  This time, instead of running away, Frog flexed his huge muscles and grabbed Heron by his beak!  He swung him around and around until Heron was very dizzy and to finish him off, Frog finally let go and Heron crashed into a tree. Feathers fluttered everywhere.

Heron was in pain and very confused.  How could he allow himself to be beaten up so badly by a critter that was supposed to be his dinner?  How did Frog get so strong?  He limped back home and plunked himself down in a soft chair.  He started reading Heron Life magazine and he saw an ad:  “Mister Heron, are you sick and tired of being beaten up by all the other critters in the pond?  It’s time for you to get some real muscles!”

So Heron began to exercise everyday.  Soon, his muscles became bigger and bigger.  After not too long, he was a very tough looking Heron!  He said, “I’m going to show that Frog a thing or two!”

Frog was surprised the next day when Heron, who had been hiding from him since the day he’d been beaten up, suddenly started to attack him.  They had a terrific struggle, with feathers and frog guts flying every which way.  In the end, they both limped back to their home, battered and bruised like they never had been before.

Frog did a lot of reading while he was waiting to heal from his wounds.  In the next issue of Frog Life magazine, there was a new ad:  “Protect yourself from predators with the Pond Power 2000 machine gun.  Guaranteed to eliminate your enemies!”  So Frog sent away for the Pond Power 2000 and waited for Heron to show himself again.

Frog let out an evil laugh as he targeted Heron and let loose with a long blast of machine gun fire.  ”Die evil bird!” he screamed while the machine gun roared and belched smoke!  Heron dived to the bottom of the pond, shivering with fear.  He was terrified but he had escaped with his life.

 The next day, in Heron Life magazine, Heron saw something that caught his attention:  “Is your pond full of well-armed frogs?  Fight back with the Froggie Death Turbo Pond Boiler!”  The next day at the pond there was another awful battle.

 Then Frog sent away for the Hydralic Heron Hacker and a nuclear-powered personal security device.

On a peaceful Sunday afternoon, a family gathered together their scraps of bread and headed down to the pond to feed the ducks.  It was early autumn, the leaves were red and yellow and the crickets were chirping.  As the family emerged from the woods and reached the pond, a gruesome sight met them.  The entire pond had boiled away, there was nothing left but a burned out lake, full of blackened tree stumps.  It was littered with skeletons and the decaying carcasses of the creatures that used to live there.  In the middle of the pond was all that was left of Frog and Heron!