"Frog Prince"

In the distant ancient times, the good wishes in people's hearts can often become reality. In that fascinating time, there once was a king. The king had several daughters, all of whom were very beautiful; especially his youngest daughter, who was as beautiful as a fairy, and even the well-informed sun, every time it shone on her face, admired her beauty. I was amazed.

Near the king's palace, there is a large dark forest. In this forest, under an old linden tree, there is a pool, very deep. In hot weather, the little princess often came to this forest and sat by the cool pool. When she was bored sitting there, she took out a golden ball, threw it into the air, and caught it with her hand. It became her favorite game.

Unfortunately, once, the little princess stretched out her two small hands to catch the golden ball, but the golden ball did not fall into her hands, but fell to the ground, and rolled into the pool all at once. The little princess kept her eyes on the golden ball, but suddenly the golden ball disappeared in the pool. Because the water in the pool was so deep that the bottom could not be seen, the little princess began to cry. Her crying became louder and louder, and she was very sad.

Crying and crying, the little princess suddenly heard someone say loudly: "Oh, princess, what's the matter with you? You are crying like this, even Shitou will feel distressed when he hears it."

After hearing this, the little princess looked around to learn where the voice was coming from, but she saw a frog sticking out of the water with his big, fat, ugly head.

"Ah! it is you, great swimmer," said the little princess to the frog. "I am crying here because my golden ball fell into the pool."

"Well, don't be sad, don't cry," replied the Frog, "I can help you. If I help you get your golden ball out, what will you give me in return?"

"My dear Frog, you can have anything you want," replied the little princess, "my clothes, my pearls and precious stones, and even this golden crown that I wear on my head."

After hearing this, the frog said to the little princess: "Your clothes, your pearls, your precious stones, and your gold crown, I don't want any of them. But if you like me, let me be your good friend." , let us play together, let me sit at your table at dinner, eat from your little gold plate, drink from your little goblet, and let me sleep in your little bed at night; if you will promise all these If everything is all right, I will dive into the pool and fish out your golden ball."

"Okay, that's great," said the little princess, "as long as you are willing to fish out my golden ball, I will agree to all your requests." Although the little princess said so, she thought in her heart: "This golden ball The frog is really stupid, talking nonsense! How can he be a good friend of man if he is only good for squatting in a pool of water and croaking with other frogs?"

After getting the promise from the little princess, the frog plunged his head into the water and dived into the pool. After a while, the frog came up to the surface of the water with the golden ball in its mouth, and then spit out the golden ball on the grass. The little princess saw her beloved toy again, not to mention how happy she was. She picked up the golden ball and ran away.

"Don't run! Don't run!" cried the Frog. "Take me! I can't run as fast as you."

Although the frog yelled desperately, it was useless. The little princess ignored the frog's cries, but ran straight home, and soon forgot about the poor frog. The frog had no choice but to bounce back into the pool.

The next day, the little princess had just sat down at the table with the king and ministers and began to eat with her little golden plate, when suddenly there was a clacking sound. Following the sound, something jumped up the marble steps, and when it reached the door, it knocked on the door and shouted loudly: "Little princess, open the door!" Hearing the shout, the little princess hurried to the door, wanting to see See who is yelling outside the door. When I opened the door, I saw that it was the frog, squatting in front of the door. The little princess saw that it was a frog,

He closed the door suddenly, turned around and hurried back to his seat, feeling terrified in his heart.

The king noticed the flustered look of the little princess, so he asked her, "Son, why are you so frightened? Isn't there a giant outside the door trying to catch you?"

"Oh, no," answered the little princess, "not a giant, but a nasty frog."

"What does the frog want from you?"

"Ah! my dear father, yesterday I went into the woods. While I was sitting on the edge of the pool and playing, the golden ball fell into the pool, and I cried. I cried so much that the frog I fished up the golden ball. Because the frog asked me to be his friend, I accepted, but I never imagined that he would come out of the pool and walk so far to come here. Now he is here Outside the door, you want to come to us."

While he was talking, he heard a knock on the door again, followed by a loud shout:

"Little princess, my love,

Open the door quickly!

The one who loves you has come,

Open the door quickly!

You won't forget yesterday,

The old lime tree by the pool,

The pool is deep and the ball is gone,

It was you who made the promise. "

After hearing this, the king said to the little princess, "You must not go back on your word, go and open the door and let him in."

The little princess went to open the door, and the frog jumped in the door, followed the little princess to the seat, and then shouted loudly: "Hold me to your side!"

The little princess trembled with fright, but the king told her to do as the frog said. The frog was put on the chair, but he was not very happy, so he wanted to go to the table. When he was on the table, he said: "Will you push your little gold plate over a little? Then we can eat quickly."

It was evident that the little princess was very reluctant to do so, but she pushed the golden plate over. The frog ate with relish, but the little princess had no appetite at all. At last the frog said, "I am full. Now I am a little tired. Please carry me to your little bedroom, and spread your satin quilt, and then we will go to bed."

The little princess was so afraid of the cold frog that she dared not even touch it. When he heard that he was going to sleep in his neat and pretty little bed, he burst into tears.

Seeing the little princess like this, the king said angrily to her, "Whoever helped us in our troubles, whoever he is, shouldn't be despised afterwards."

So the little princess picked up the frog with her two slender fingers, took him upstairs, and put him in a corner of the bedroom. But as soon as she lay down on the bed, the frog crawled up to her and said, "I am tired, and I want to sleep in the bed too. Please lift me up, or I will tell your father."

Upon hearing this, the little princess flew into a rage, grabbed the frog, and threw it against the wall.

"Now go to sleep if you want, you ugly bastard!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as he fell to the ground, he was no longer a frog, but suddenly became a prince: a prince with piercing eyes and a smile on his face. Only then did the prince tell the little princess that he had been bewitched by a vicious witch, and no one but the little princess could rescue him from the pool.

So, according to the king's will, he became the little princess's close friend and companion, and tomorrow, they will return to his kingdom together.

The next morning, when the sun climbed up the mountain, a large carriage with eight horses had already stopped in front of the door. The horses were all covered with white feathers, and they were swaying. The horses were covered with golden harnesses. . Behind the carriage stood the prince's servant, the faithful Henry.

After Henry's master was transformed into a frog, he was so distraught that he put three iron bands on his chest, lest his heart be broken by grief.

The carriage came to fetch the young prince back to his kingdom. The loyal Henry helped his master and princess into the carriage, and then stood behind the carriage himself.

They had just walked a short distance on the road when they suddenly heard a crackling sound, as if something had broken. On the road, there were crackling noises again and again. Every time the prince and princess heard the noise, they thought it was something broken in the car. In fact, the loyal Henry was ecstatic to see his master so happy, so the iron bands fell off his chest one by one.