The Frog Prince Story

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The Frog Prince
By : Brothers Grimm

One fine evening a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs
and went out to take a walk by herself in a wood
and when she came to a cool spring of water with a rose in the middle of it
she sat herself down to rest a while
Now she had a golden ball in her hand
which was her favourite plaything; and she was always tossing it up into the air
and catching it again as it fell

After a time she threw it up so high that she missed catching it as it fell
and the ball bounded away, and rolled along on the ground
until at last it fell down into the spring
The princess looked into the spring after her ball, but it was very deep
so deep that she could not see the bottom of it
She began to cry, and said, 'Alas! if I could only get my ball again
I would give all my fine clothes and jewels
and everything that I have in the world

Whilst she was speaking, a frog put its head out of the water
and said,Princess, why do you weep so bitterly

said she, what can you do for me, you nasty frog
My golden ball has fallen into the spring

The frog said, 'I do not want your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes
but if you will love me, and let me live with you and eat from off
your golden plate, and sleep on your bed
I will bring you your ball again

What nonsense, thought the princess,this silly frog is talking
He can never even get out of the spring to visit me
though he may be able to get my ball for me
and therefore I will tell him he shall have what he asks

So she said to the frog, Well, if you will bring me my ball
I will do all you ask

Then the frog put his head down, and dived deep under the water
and after a little while he came up again
with the ball in his mouth
and threw it on the edge of the spring

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To Be Continued

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As soon as the young princess saw her ball, she ran to pick it up
and she was so overjoyed to have it in her hand again
that she never thought of the frog
but ran home with it as fast as she could

The frog called after her, Stay, princess, and take me with you as you said
But she did not stop to hear a word

The next day, just as the princess had sat down to dinner
she heard a strange noise - tap, tap - plash, plash - as if something
was coming up the marble staircase
and soon afterwards there was a gentle knock at the door
and a little voice cried out and said

Open the door, my princess dear
Open the door to thy true love here
And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade

Then the princess ran to the door and opened it, and there she saw the frog
whom she had quite forgotten
At this sight she was sadly frightened
and shutting the door as fast as
she could came back to her seat

The king, her father, seeing that something had frightened her
asked her what was the matter

There is a nasty frog, said she, at the door, that lifted my ball for me out
of the spring this morning
I told him that he should live with me here
thinking that he could never get out of the spring
but there he is at the door
and he wants to come in

While she was speaking the frog knocked again at the door
and said

Open the door, my princess dear
Open the door to thy true love here

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To Be Continued

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And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade

Then the king said to the young princess, As you have given your word
you must keep it; so go and let him in

She did so, and the frog hopped into the room, and
then straight on - tap, tap - plash, plash - from the bottom
of the room to the top, till he came up close to the table where the princess sat

Pray lift me upon chair, said he to the princess
and let me sit next to you

As soon as she had done this, the frog said
Put your plate nearer to me, that I may eat out of it

This she did, and when he had eaten as much as he could
he said, Now I am tired; carry me upstairs, and put me into your bed
And the princess, though very unwilling, took him up in her hand
and put him upon the pillow of her own bed
where he slept all night long

As soon as it was light the frog jumped up, hopped downstairs
and went out of the house

Now, then, thought the princess, at last he is gone
and I shall be troubled with him no more

But she was mistaken; for when night came again she heard the
same tapping at the door; and the frog came once more
and said

Open the door, my princess dear
Open the door to thy true love here
And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade

And when the princess opened the door the frog came in
and slept upon her pillow as before, till the morning broke
And the third night he did the same
But when the princess awoke on the following morning she was
astonished to see, instead of the frog
a handsome prince, gazing on her with the most beautiful eyes
she had ever seen and standing at the head of her bed

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To Be Continued

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He told her that he had been enchanted by a spiteful fairy
who had changed him into a frog
and that he had been fated so to abide till some princess
should take him out of the spring, and let him eat from her plate
and sleep upon her bed for three nights

You, said the prince, have broken his cruel charm
and now I have nothing to wish for but
that you should go with me into my father's kingdom
where I will marry you, and love you as long as you live

The young princess, you may be sure, was not long in saying
Yes to all this; and as they spoke a brightly coloured coach drove up
with eight beautiful horses, decked with plumes of feathers and a golden harness
and behind the coach rode the prince's servant, faithful Heinrich
who had bewailed the misfortunes of his dear master during
his enchantment so long and so bitterly, that his heart had well-nigh burst

They then took leave of the king, and got into the coach with eight horses
and all set out, full of joy and merriment
for the prince's kingdom, which they reached safely
and there they lived happily a great many years

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The End

Best Wishes
Marvy

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