So one fine morning in the spring they both set out along the road that led from Kyoto to
Osaka, one from one end and the other from the other. The journey was more tiring than they
expected, for they did not know much about traveling, and halfway between the two towns
there arose a mountain which had to be climbed. It took them a long time and a great many
hops to reach the top, but there they were at last, and what was the surprise of each to see
another frog before him!