{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5ee0","title":"The Frogs Asking for a King","author":"Aesop","publish_year":-400,"publish_year_exact":false,"code":"the-frogs-asking-for-a-king","words":193,"image":"frog.jpg","image_alt":"A frog with a blank stare. Graphite filter.","genres":["childrens"],"blurb":"Time was when the Frogs were discontented because they had no one to rule over them: so they sent a deputation to Jupiter to ask him to give them a King. Jupiter, despising the folly of their request,...","description":"A small origin story for frogs.","original_language":"Ancient Greek","translators":["V. S. Vernon Jones"],"unique_cover":"Many frogs by a pond","cover_source":"Arthur Rakham","cover_link":"https://archive.org/details/aesopsfables00chesuoft/aesopsfables00chesuoft_200KB/","has_review":false,"has_collections":false}