The Medrash, quoted by Rashi, says that only one large frog came out of the water. When someone tried to kill it, it split into two. Each of these in turn also split into two when attacked, as did each of the new ones, until there were many, many, frogs.
The question is asked, when they saw that their attempts to kill the frogs were working against them, why did they continue hitting the frogs?
The Baalei Mussar use this as the quintessential example of how people act irrationally while in a rage.
However, when I was in high school, they taught us a different explanation:
It wasn't the Egyptians hitting the frogs, it was the Jews.
The Jews could safely leave to Goshen as soon as things got out of control, but think of the fun hitting the frogs and letting them multiply again and again.
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