
The Frog Prince
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?'
'Alas!' 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.
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! 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.
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.
Comments
Nice story !!!!!!! Shoban N
Nice story !!!!!!!
Shoban N
the story was very good and funy because the frog whent to..
the story was very good and funy because the frog whent to sleep with her and eat with her..
The story is a real good one...,in dis like to appreciate..
The story is a real good one...,in dis
like to appreciate the role of the king
who told her daughter not to forget the
word given to anybody.
VeRy NIcE sToRy...
VeRy NIcE sToRy...
i love this story. from: Philippines :]
i love this story. from: Philippines :]
very nice n romntic story.
very nice n romntic story.
id always love the story. even if im too old for..
id always love the story. even if im too old for fairytales, id always look back and see myself as a princess imagining i can be able to find a frog and become a handsome prince. cool! :-)
Very Nice I want to Read It Always.....
Very Nice I want to Read It Always.....
i loved the frog prince and im only 10 years old.i thought..
i loved the frog prince and im only 10 years old.i thought that it was easy to understand and it would be a great story for many other people.i would definetly read it again,anytime time soon.i would rate it 9/10because the only thing that was wrong was they could have added some more detail.
A great captivating fairy tale for children, nicely..
A great captivating fairy tale for children, nicely narrated with catch words.
i like it
i like it
rubbish.... childish.... x bez ahahahah
rubbish....
childish....
x bez ahahahah
my sister say :(( read it more reem )) I am tired but it..
my sister say :(( read it more reem ))
I am tired
but it is nice story for children
this is a good story. i like it. i dont like the story..
this is a good story. i like it.
i dont like the story because the story is too long
very boring. no descriptive words in it. very boring.
very boring.
no descriptive words in it.
very boring.
very good story great for kids.
very good story great for kids.
I liked this story as it is very descriptive... You would..
I liked this story as it is very descriptive...
You would have added why dat prince was turned into frog..dan the story would have becum more interesting...
Shreya
umm i dont really no what the pople look like or anything..
umm i dont really no what the pople look like or anything and maybe if you added it kids can see more and theres minds will be full of the story if you get what i mean
i like the story and the thumbs down person......and to..
i like the story and the thumbs down person......and to never kiss a frog because he can turn into a prince ewww.
very good
very good
I think it was an interesting, and fun story.
I think it was an interesting, and fun story.
I really liked this story. Its needs a little grammar..
I really liked this story. Its needs a little grammar corrections but its solid really nice, a good read for children.
Well done. Ill get my kids to read and try the same Cheers!
Well done. Ill get my kids to read and try the
same
Cheers!
It was an interesting story and I really liked it, its good..
It was an interesting story and I really liked it, its good for children!
I think this story was the best child book that I have read..
I think this story was the best child book that I have read by brothers grimm. I almost fellover laughing when the frog came three nights in a row
i found this stroy to be not like the brothers grimm..
i found this stroy to be not like the brothers grimm normale books and for this i find the stroy was horrible
This is a cute childrens book.
This is a cute childrens book.
I liked this book it was ok it was a fun book to read and..
I liked this book it was ok it was a fun book to read and this time no kissing the frog......... lol
It was very difrint than other storys but it was still a..
It was very difrint than other storys
but it was still a good story.I liked
that the story was not to long but long a nuf.
I found that this story was kind of boring. I think it..
I found that this story was kind of boring. I think it could of used more descripton of the princess. It is more of a book for an age group like 2-6. Its not really in my likeing. Thank you for sharing though! :)
I liked the book because i think it is a cute and simple..
I liked the book because i think it is a cute and simple childerns story!!!
I also like it because they are two diffrent things and they still come together in the end :D
its so happy ;)
MiChAyLa M XD
touch one deeply in the heart :)
touch one deeply in the heart :)
i liked the story because it was very different then most..
i liked the story because it was very different then most storys. i liked how the story was long but not to long.
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It is good for kids because it can get there attention and..
It is good for kids because it can get there attention and it is a fuuun story to read and it also has some good grammer in this story.:)
not bad but needs pictures. i rate this story 6/10
not bad but needs pictures.
i rate this story 6/10
it was a nice story i love it
it was a nice story i love it
This is the cleaned-up version. In the original Grimm..
This is the cleaned-up version. In the original Grimm collection the princess didnt kiss the frog, she hurled him against the wall. http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/frog.html
i like this story and i love it very much.it is the best..
i like this story and i love it very much.it is the best story i ever read!
sweet
sweet
ok so this is an ok story but it is the same as every other..
ok so this is an ok story but it is the same as every other story but it had a little tiny tiny detail three days that so and the ending so they lived happly every after so always done too so the next story that you do should be mixed up and somthing eles
well miii baby sister liked it &it put her to sleep..
well miii baby sister liked it &it put her to sleep after 10minutes so thanxx:-)
i enjoyed a lot but better is add some picture.
i enjoyed a lot but better is add some picture.
the story is good enough
the story is good enough
very good story *****
very good story *****
it was a great short storyy :)
it was a great short storyy :)
i really2 lyk this story..
i really2 lyk this story..
nice SHORT story!!!!really short
nice SHORT story!!!!really short
I really enjoyed the sotry The Frog Prince.I think this was..
I really enjoyed the sotry The Frog Prince.I think this was a cute story but its for younger kids for sure.
I enjoyed reading this story, it was a very nice short..
I enjoyed reading this story, it was a very nice short story and as i read on, it actually painted the picture in my mind, it had good detail and amazing word choice,It was easy to read and i couldnt stop i had to keep reading until i got to the end. So very good job.. :)
I really like this story its almost like the story the..
I really like this story its almost like the story the princess and the frog with less detail which is good because it is shorter and easier to read. When I read this I could imagine a prince standing at the foot of my bed. I especialy enjoyed the ending with them both getting into the coach with 8 horses and as all fairy tales they will live hapily ever after....
Very well done :)
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