Once
upon a time there was a small, friendly village situated near
a wonderful pond. There lived the merriest green frogs you
could imagine. For some time, however, you could rarely hear
laughter over the pond, because a serious concern oppressed
the frogs very much: the migration of the storks. Twice a
year, with the beginning of late autumn or spring, the storks
- on their flight to and from Africa – passed by the
small pond, landed to recover from their efforts and ate as
many frogs as they could. Then they continued migrating perfectly
happy while the frogs´ village went into deep mourning.
One day, with the approaching autumnal migration of the storks , the frogs plucked
up some courage to change the situation. They thought it over
again and again , croaking all night long, but the problem
couldn´t be solved. Because the small wonderful pond
was far and away the only one. In sheer desperation they called
for help from outside. A consultant came and received the
instruction to settle the problem with the storks.

Time passed by, until the consultant returned and reported
his idea: “Here is the perfect solution. In autumn,
when the storks migrate from north to south, you start a few
days earlier and fly towards them. In spring you just do the
same in the opposite direction. As usual the storks will settle
in your village, but won´t find anybody there. Sooner
or later they will have to look for a new place for a rest
if they don´t want to starve.”
The frogs became very enthusiastic. They began to laugh heartily and drank to
the perfect solution. When suddenly the eldest frog´s
voice was heard, talking to the consultant: “Great,
dear consulant, your solution seems to be perfect. But I´m
afraid you forgot something important: We cannot fly at all.”
In a cool way the consultant looked at the eldest frog and
replied with raised head: “You wanted a good idea. Here
it is. I am not responsible for its realisation.”