The Princess And The Frog

Part 1: The Royal Well

The Frog Prince: The Princess and the Frog

Once upon a time there was a Princess who was courted by suitor after suitor who came to the palace to win her hand. But it seemed to her that each of them looked at her without really seeing her at all.

She shook her head and sighed. “They act as if there is nothing more to a princess than her fine crown and royal dresses.”

One afternoon after one of these suitors left (at last! thought the Princess), she exclaimed, "This is too much! Sometimes I wish I were a little girl again, before I had to deal with all these suitors.”She especially remembered with fondness a favorite ball, one that sparkled in the sun when she would threw it high in the air. "I wonder what happened to that ball?" she thought. A quick search and there it was! Full of joy, she clutched her ball to her chest and ran outside to the palace yard, where she threw it higher and higher.

One time she threw the ball higher than ever and when she ran to catch it, she tripped on a tree stump. When the ball fell down, it plopped right into the royal well! She raced over to fetch it before it dropped too far down, but by the time she got there she could no longer see it in the well water.

“This is terrible!”she moaned. “My ball got lost in this well!”

Just then a green frog poked its head above the water. “Can I help you?”said the Frog.

“Yes, you can!”said the Princess. She thought it was odd that a frog could talk but then again, she wanted that ball. “You can go get my ball down that well!”

“No problem,”said the Frog.“But first there’s something I must ask of you.”

“Ask of me? What?” said the Princess.

“That you spend time with me today,”said the Frog.

“I’m not sure what that means,”said the Princess.

“Just spend time with me today,”repeated the Frog.

"All right, fine!"said the Princess. "Now, go get my ball!"

“On it!”said the Frog. He dived deep into the well. A few moments later, he came up with the ball held high in one hand, dripping and sparkling.

“You did it!”said the Princess, taking it from him.

She turned to go.

“Wait a minute!”said the Frog.You promised to spend time with me today!”

“I already did,”she said with a shrug. The Princess headed to the palace without looking back.

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