Question

Which are the different ways in which the frog asserts his importance?

NCERT Class 10th Literature Reader English Ch 7 The Frog and the Nightingale (Poem)

Answer 1

The frog asserted his importance by blowing his own trumpet. He introduced himself as the owner of the sumac tree the nightinnglae was sitting on; he further told her that he had been the famous singer of the bog who was known for his baritone. He also told her that he also composed Bog Trumpets regularly. The inexperienced nightingale easily got impressed with the frog. She did not know that the cunning frog was going to exploit her and be the cause of her downfall and death.