YOU SAID:
The fish listened intently to what the frogs had to say.
INTO JAPANESE
魚はカエルの言うことを熱心に聞いた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The fish listened intently to the frog.
INTO JAPANESE
魚はカエルに熱心に耳を傾けた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The fish listened intently to the frog.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.