Fables Chapter 15 - The Tadpole and the Frog
The Robert Louis Stevenson Library
October 20, 2026
In which a sharp exchange unfolds between a proud frog and a doubtful tadpole, each questioning the other's past with a touch of gentle irony. Their brief encounter captures a playful lesson in appearances and the nature of truth.
Speakers Ben Tucker
TopicsFiction
Ben Tucker (0:01)
Section 15 of Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Read by Ben Tucker. THE TADPOL AND THE FROG Be ashamed of yourself, said the frog. When I was a tadpole, I had no tail. Just what I thought, said the tadpole. You were never a tadpole.
THE TADPOL AND THE FROG
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