Frog Prince

 Frog Tales Marathon 

Sometimes you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince. - Bianca Frazier

Beware of amphibians who can speak in verse.

That seems to be the moral of The Frog Prince.

You know the story. 

A young princess is playing with a golden ball by a woodland spring one day, throwing the ball in the air and catching it.

Once when she throws the ball up, though, she fails to catch it and it falls into the spring. She looks into the water but it’s so deep that she cannot see the bottom of the spring, and so cannot retrieve her ball. She’s so fond of her little ball that she sighs and says she would give all her fine clothes and possessions if she could get it back.

Now it gets exciting.

A frog’s head pops up out of the water. He offers to retrieve the ball in exchange for her friendship. He is actually a prince who has been cursed by a sorcerer.  

The progression is all too familiar.

In the end, the spell is broken when the princess kisses the frog who is transformed back into a prince. And they live happily ever after.

The end.

Very classic fairy-tale ending. I couldn't have scripted it better.

Admit it. 

We're all waiting for our fairy tale ending. But in real life, happy endings are few and far between. 

Not to remain hopeless, though. Who knows? 

Right in the middle of ordinary life, love can give us a fairy tale.