Sunday, March 22, 2009

Three frog, Three ponds and a Book

Frog and pond has been part of our stories, it is metaphor for lot many things - a physcological tool which shows how dis-connected and at the same time how connected we are. The below is a true story of three frogs and a book which is seen by each frog in relation to its pond and ending in a hypothetical scenario which would change the lives of the frogs forever.

Part 1: The nature of frog
There lived three frogs in three different ponds very nearby each other. As every frog is - each frog thought he was the king of world (the pond was what was the world accroding to him) . Each frog communicated to one another, but in their own version of world. When night came - moon reflected in the ponds and each frog thought his version of the moon was the original, forgeting that there existed two more moons.
Part 2: The Books
One day the moon got a book, "The Polyster Prince", you know sometimes even moon gets bored, now as the moon read the book, its reflection fell on the three ponds. The books was only one, but the pond changed its relfection and each frog read it but with a differnt meaning.


Part 3: One book =Three meaning

Every body knows the polyester prince is known for wealth, wisdom, words, wars and what not.... Frog 1 read the book to know the reciepe to get rich just as the prince did, but he hardly knew that water does not fall from weather reports. One needs to get out of the house to get wet. . Frog 2 just disliked the reflection of the book - the prince never attracted him, may be water of the lake was too much distrubed to get a clear relfection of the book... too much filled with ripples of past stones thrown by mischievieous boys of the society. Frog 3 - read the book to know whether it is worth becoming a prince or it would be nice to be a frog forever. For him the book was not a reciepe for riches, but may be a light house either showing the way or warning rocky shores.

Part 4: The end

While all this play was going on, its started raining and the downpour made the three ponds one... , and it was at this time that the frogs came to know that - there is only one moon, one reflection, one pond and one book.

So, which frog are you 1, 2 or 3..... to know you can see you reflection of the book.... do email at bookizen@gmail.com

Disclaimer : During writing of this incident, no frog was hurt.


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