THE FROG AND THE TADPOLE by IRIARTE

IN THE SHORE OF THE TAJO THERE WERE SPEAKING THE FROG WITH THE TADPOLE, THEY WERE PRAISING THE LEAVES , THE THICKNESS OF A GREAT RAVINE, AND ITS GREENNESS. THEN THEY SPOKE THE WIND AND ITS VIOLENT IMPULSE A CANE WAS KNEW DOWN AND FELL TO THE RIVER THE FROG, IN LESSON TONE, SAID: "COME TO SEE IT, MY SON; OUTSIDE IT IS VERY SMOOTH AND VERY LUSTY; INSIDE IT IS SPONGY, AND VAIN" IF THE FROG UNDERSTOOD POETRY. ALSO OF MANY VERSES IT WOULD SAY IT.