THE
FROG
PRINCE

So the king’s daughter went to the door and
opened it. Splish, splash! splish, splash! in
waddled the frog and stood by the princess’s chair.
She sat down and looked very white, and her
heart beat fast. Then the frog said—

‘Lift me on your lap, my honey, my heart,
Lift me on your lap, my dear.

 

So the princess stooped and took up the frog and
set it on her lap and put her hands on the table.
Then the frog said—

‘Give me to eat of your dainty meat,
From your golden plate, my dear.
Remember the oath atwixt us both,
Adown by the wellhead clear.’
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