Difference and Similarity

So based on what I see in the pictures both Kyoto and Osaka are alike as you can that they have both shrines, and castles etc. It's just that Osaka is more modern than Kyoto because the city is more in the country side since it has a lot of shrines and parks than Osaka. However if you go to the time travel machine, which obviously doesn't exist yet, and travel to the 1700s or earlier you wouldn't know the difference between the two cities, heck you would probably think that is a one big city!

Kyoto

Since you have finished looking at Osaka, now take a look at Kyoto to find the difference between the two cities.

Osaka

Let's take a good look at Osaka!!

 

The Moral of the Story

The "3rd" eye

                        

In my point of view, the moral of the The Two Frogs Story is that sometimes what you see with just your eyes can deceive you because what you see  and what you think of that subject may be an illusion. According to the story the Two Frogs haven't used their " eye at the back of their head and only looking through their noses" meaning that they are not using their heads to discover what the city is actually alike. So in other words look for facts first before you want to search for anything.

The Two Frogs

 

 Once upon a time in the country of Japan there lived two frogs, one of whom made his home in a ditch near the town of Osaka, on the sea coast, while the other dwelt in a clear little stream which ran through the city of Kyoto. At such a great distance apart, they had never even heard of each other; but, funnily enough, the idea came into both their heads at once that they should like to see a little of the world, and the frog who lived at Kyoto wanted to visit Osaka, and the frog who lived at Osaka wished to go to Kyoto, where the great Mikado had his palace.

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!

They looked at each other for a moment without speaking, and then fell into conversation, explaining the cause of their meeting so far from their homes. It was delightful to find that they both felt the same wish--to learn a little more of their native country--and as there was no sort of hurry they stretched themselves out in a cool, damp place, and agreed that they would have a good rest before they parted to go their ways
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"What a pity we are not bigger," said the Osaka frog; "for then we could see both towns from here, and tell if it is worth our while going on.
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"Oh, that is easily managed," returned the Kyoto frog. "We have only got to stand up on our hind legs, and hold onto each other, and then we can each look at the town he is traveling to."

This idea pleased the Osaka frog so much that he at once jumped up and put his front paws on the shoulder of his friend, who had risen also. There they both stood, stretching themselves as high as they could, and holding each other tightly, so that they might not fall down. The Kyoto frog turned his nose towards Osaka, and the Osaka frog turned his nose towards Kyoto; but the foolish things forgot that when they stood up their great eyes lay in the backs of their heads, and that though their noses might point to the places to which they wanted to go, their eyes beheld the places from which they had come.


"Dear me!" cried the Osaka frog, "Kyoto is exactly like Osaka. It is certainly not worth such a long journey. I shall go home!"
"If I had had any idea that Osaka was only a copy of Kyoto I should never have traveled all this way," exclaimed the frog from Kyoto, and as he spoke he took his hands from his friend's shoulders, and they both fell down on the grass. Then they took a polite farewell of each other, and set off for home again, and to the end of their lives they believed that Osaka and Kyoto, which are as different to look at as two towns can be, were as alike as two peas.


Got it from here


Image from this site

Other from here here


Original artist for the picture is unkown


The Short Story is from The Violet Fairy Book