A Question of Antidotes

 

A Man had an acre of land in which he used to grow corn. In harvest time his corn-field was devastated by insects, so he was obliged to breed frogs in the field to eat them up. In course of time the frogs grew so numerous that he could not enter the field without being molested by them. He therefore had to import some snakes to eat up the frogs. They again grew so many in number in a few years that the man had to give up cultivating field but gradually invaded his house, which was near by.  Then one by one his whole family, including himself, fell victim to the poisonous bites of these venomous creatures.