A green felt frog wearing a black bowler hat sits beside a monocle on a small saucer.

Original artwork, not a still

Misattributed to Mark Twain

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The absurdly unpleasant breakfast makes everything afterward seem bearable. It can also be read as a comic case for tackling the worst task first.

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