<h2><SPAN name="chapter-28"><abbr title="Twenty-Eight">XXVIII.</abbr> <br/> THE SINGING FROGS.</SPAN></h2>
<p><span class="smallcaps">Wang Tzŭ-sun</span> told me that when he was at the
capital he saw a man in the street who gave the
following performance:—He had a wooden box, divided
by partitions into twelve holes, in each of which was a
frog; and whenever he tapped any one of these frogs
on the head with a tiny wand, the frog so touched would
immediately begin to sing. Some one gave him a piece
of silver, and then he tapped the frogs all round, just as
if he was striking a gong; whereupon they all sang
together, with their <i>Do</i>, <i>Ré</i>, <i>Mi</i>, <i>Fa</i>, in perfect time and
harmony.</p>
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