THE BOOK OF
FROGS
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK OF GLORY
Napoleon has his idea about RussiaNapoleon resigns from his job
Chapter 17
Then, of course, Napoleon had his idea about Russia,
2zWhich turned out to be a very bad idea,
3Because as aasomeone once said, “An army travels on its stomach,” and bbRussia is a long way to go if you’re traveling on your stomach.
4In fact, it’s hard to get there and back before winter arrives,
5Which in Russia almost always involves plenty of snow and ice and a lot less food for your stomach.a
6Having forgotten this,
7For some reason,
8Napoleon succeeded in killing thousands of Russians and getting all the way to Moscow before winter arrived.
9bThen he remembered about his stomach and raced home to Paris for some good Frog ccuisine,
10Leaving his army without any dcake,
11eOr anything else,
12fExcept the transcendent glory of dying for France in the bloody snow.
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