THE BOOK OF
FROGS
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK OF GLORY
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Chapter 14
Like Joan of Arc, oNapoleon was born poorer and shorter than is normally acceptable in Frog military circles. He was also, unfortunately, not French.
2pThis helps to explain why he was such a great military success for so long and why he had such a hard time understanding the rule about not defeating the English.
3Anyway, Napoleon was born in Corsica and rose to become a general, thanks to the qrelaxing of social standards that occurred during the French Revolution.
4rHis saving grace was that he was extremely quarrelsome and actually wanted to be French,
5sFor some reason.
6He also wanted to rule France,
7And that was just for starters.
8When people began to notice that rule by directorate wasn’t working out, tNapoleon came back from uEgypt with an army to suggest that Rule by Napoleon was much the best vsolution.
9wRule by Napoleon means “rule by a power-mad genius willing to sacrifice every drop of Frog blood on earth for a few fleeting moments of glory,”
10xWhich made perfect sense to the Frogs,
11yWho suddenly realized that the gnawing ache in their bellies was not hunger for food, but for glory.
12Whereupon they accepted zNapoleon with open arms and made him,
13After a few interim titles,
14aEmperor of France.
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