Belloc, Hilaire (1870 - 1953) The Frog Be kind and tender to the Frog, And do not call him names, As "Slimy skin," or "Polly-wog," Or likewise "Ugly James," Or "Gape-a-grin" or "Toad-gone-wrong," Or "Billy Bandy-knees": The Frog is justly sensitive To epithets like these. No animal will more repay A treatment kind and fair; At least so lonely people say Who keep a Frog (and, by the way, They are extremely rare).