The Frog In The Well

 CAST: Frog 1, Frog 2.

Frog 1: Ah-h-h. What a wonderful well I have! Who is there more fortunate than I am? I have my walls and my water, my walls and my water, my walls and my water, walls, water... waw... waw... waw. (as 1 turns in all directions, praising the beauty of his wello, his babble degenerates into the mere croaking of a frog)

Frog 2: (excited — hopping into the well) My dear friend frog! Oh, my dear friend!

Frog 1: Hello. Well, where have you been?

Frog 2: I have just been to see the great ocean! And it's so-o-o big — you cannot imagine!

Frog 1: What? What is this great ocean? It couldn't possibly be as big as my well, could it?!

Frog 2: Oh, it is much bigger.

Frog 1: Come on.

Frog 2: Yeah!

Frog 1: Is it twice as big as my well?

Frog 2: MUCH bigger.

Frog 1: Is it five times as big as my well?

Frog 2: Much, MUCH bigger.

Frog 1: Is it ten times as big as my well?

Frog 2: It's much bigger than that.

Frog 1: Is it a hundred times as big as my well?

Frog 2: My dear friend frog. The great ocean is so vast that you cannot possibly imagine it. Why don't you go and see for yourself?

Frog 1: Why should I go? (irritated, begins to puff himself up) Is it — this big?

Frog 2: No, no. BIGGER.

Frog 1: THIS BIG?

Frog 2: NO, NO, NO.

Frog 1: (puffing himself up even larger) IS IT THIS BIG-G-G?!

Frog 2: No, No... oh NO!

Frog 1: IS... IT... THIS... B... I... I... (Frog 1 explodes and dies as a balloon pops offstage)

(Purport: lecture about how Prabhupada compared the modern scientists to such frogs, who imperfectly attempt to understand what is beyond their own experience)

The End