2. Once upon a time, far, far away, there lived a
king who had a beautiful daughter who was a
princess. They lived in a castle surrounded by a
large forest. For her birthday one year, the
king gave her a golden ball as a present.
3. In the middle of the forest there was a
very big pond. When the princess was bored,
she would sit by the pond and play with her
golden ball. It was her favorite toy.
4. One day she dropped the
ball into the water. The
pond was so deep
that she could not see
the bottom! The poor
princess was so upset
that she began to cry.
As she cried, a voice
called out, "Why are you
crying, princess?" When
she looked around, she
saw a big ugly frog in
the water. "I've lost my
golden ball," the
princess sobbed.
5. "Don't cry!" said the frog. "If you
promise to be my friend, let me
eat from your plate and sleep in
your bed, then I will fetch you
your ball." "Yes, I promise," the
princess replied. Silly frog, she
thought, he'll never be able to
leave the pond!
The frog dived down and swam up
with the ball in his mouth. The
princess was so happy! She picked
up the ball and ran away. "Wait!"
shouted the frog, "you can't leave
without me!" But the princess
didn't listen. She didn't want to
be friends with an ugly frog.
6. Later that day, when the princess had sat down to dinner,
she heard a knocking at the door. "Open the door,
princess and let me in" croaked a voice from behind the
door. The princess opened the door and saw to her
horror, the frog! "Ah!" she shrieked.
"Is it a giant?" asked the king. The princess explained
about her promise. "Well!“ said the king, "what you have
promised, you must do. Go and let him in."
7. The princess went to let in the frog and he hopped after
her, right up to the table and asked to eat off her plate.
The princess didn't want to, but knew she had to keep her
promise. The frog ate until he was full, but the princess
could hardly eat at all.
When the frog had finished his dinner, he wanted to sleep
and asked the princess to take him to bed. The princess
started to cry because she didn't want to sleep in the
same bed as the slimy frog, but the king insisted that she
took him.
8. "Now," said the frog, "you must
kiss me good night.“
"Yuck!" thought the princess.
She didn't want to kiss the
ugly frog. But she thought of
her golden ball and remembered
what she had promised, so she
shut her eyes and kissed the
frog.
9. Suddenly, the frog had turned into a handsome
prince! He told the princess that he had been
changed by a wicked witch and that only she could
set him free. Soon they became very good
friends. They lived happily ever after.
