Big Mouth

Once there lived a frog named Big Mouth. Big Mouth lived in a pond with many other frogs. He got his name because he loved to gossip about his friends.

Gossip happens when you talk about someone behind his or her back. Big Mouth told everyone that Freddy Frog couldn’t hop very high. All the frogs laughed and laughed at Freddy Frog when they saw him. This made Freddy feel sad. But Big Mouth laughed and laughed.

One day Phil Frog got fed up with Big Mouth’s big mouth. He said, “Don’t gossip, Big Mouth. How would you like it if I told everyone your secret—that you don’t like the taste of flies?”

Then, Big Mouth’s eyes got big. His big mouth opened into a round “O.” “I wouldn’t like that at all,” he told Phil. Big Mouth never gossiped again.