Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

      A New Orleans gentleman tells the following curious anecdote. In Natchitoches parish, a pedestrian noticed on a lonely road a frog fighting desperately with a tarantula and the taratula returned the compliment by stinging the frog. Every time the frog got stung he would hop to the side of the road, where some green plantain was growing, and nibble off a piece, after swallowing which he would hop back to the fight. This being repeated about half a dozen times, the human spectator resolved to satisfy his curiosity, took out a jack-knife and lopped off the plantain close to the roots, while the frog and taratula were carrying on their duel. When the frog  got stung for the seventh time he leaped to where the plantain had been, and not finding it, uttered a peculiarly helpless cry, staggered a little, vainly tried to hop into the high grass, shuddered, fell over on his side and gave up the ghost.