The Frog Prince
“In the older time, when wishing was having, there lived a
King, whose daughters were all beautiful; but the youngest was so exceedly
beautiful that the Sun himself, although he saw her very often, was surprised
whenever she came out into the sunshine.”
One day while the Kings youngest daughter was setting by a
brook, playing catch with her golden ball, her ball rolls into the water. Thinking her ball was lost forever the Kings
daughter began to cry. A frog setting
nearby hears her cries and asks her what will she give him if he fetches her
ball? When she asks what he wants in
return the frog answers:
“Dresses, or jewels, or golden crowns, are not for me; but
if thou wilt love me, and let me be thy companion and playfellow, and sit at
thy table, and eat from thy little golden plate, and drink out of thy cup, and
sleep in thy little bed, if thou promise me all these, then will I dive down
and fetch up thy golden ball.”
Of course she promises him everything but thinking at the
same time that he should remain in the water with his own kind. As soon as the frog fetches the ball for her,
she grabs it up and runs off to the castle with no more thought of the frog.
When the frog shows up the next day and demands the daughter
let him in, she must explain to the King why the frog is there. The King orders his youngest daughter to live
up to her promises she made to the frog.
Finally after being forced to carry the frog up to her bed chamber she
becomes angry with him and throws him against the wall. The second he hits the floor he changes back
into a handsome Prince. He explains that
a witch had cursed him and only the Kings daughter could break the spell. The two marry and live happily ever after.
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