"Where has Your Honor been ?" she asked.
"To a farmhouse to ask for something to eat," said he, "but the woman refused me." "How dreadful!" she exclaimed.

"But never mind, there are other houses where the people will be glad to feed the Wisest Creature in all the World." "Do you mean yourself ?" he asked.
"No, I mean you." The Frogman felt strongly impelled to tell the truth, but struggled hard against it.

His reason told him there was no use in letting Cayke know he was not wise, for then she would lose much respect for him, but each time he opened his mouth to speak, he realized he was about to tell the truth and shut it again as quickly as possible.

He tried to talk about something else, but the words necessary to undeceive the woman would force themselves to his lips in spite of all his struggles.
Finally, knowing that he must either remain dumb or let the truth prevail, he gave a low groan of despair and said, "Cayke, I am NOT the Wisest Creature in all the World; I am not wise at all." "Oh, you must be!" she protested.

"You told me so yourself, only last evening." "Then last evening I failed to tell you the truth," he admitted, looking very shamefaced for a frog.