Translation From French into English by myself of a text by Olivier Clerc, writer and philosopher, sent to me by my Children books Illustrator friend, Hélène.

It is about the frog who did not know she had reached the boiling point ...

Imagine a pot full of water, in which a frog is swimming happily. The gas is turned on, and the water warms up slowly. At first, the frog finds it rather pleasant and continues swimming happily with other frogs. The temperature continues to rise. Are we almost cooked yet, she asks?

The water is now a bit hot. It is a bit more than what the frog likes, and it tires her slightly but she does not panic.

The water is now truly hot. The frog finds it unpleasant, but she has weakened up, so she puts up with it and does nothing.

The water temperature continues rising to the point the frog will end up being cooked and will die.

But if the frog had plunged directly in the water at 50C, she would have jumped out immediately!

This shows that when there is a change that happens slowly enough, it eludes our consciousness and we tend not to react.