The Frog King, or Iron Henry

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The Frog King, or Iron Henry

Once upon a time, a long time ago, a king lived with his family. His daughters were all very pretty, but the youngest was the most beautiful of all. The sun was amazed when it shone on her face. Near the castle was a big, dark forest. Under an old tree stood a cool well. On warm days, the princess would go there to sit. She loved her favorite golden ball. She would throw it high in the air and catch it. It was her favorite game.

One day, the princess held out her hand to catch her shiny golden ball. But the ball slipped from her fingers and fell into the water. It rolled away and sank deep down into the well. The princess looked down, but she could not see the bottom. She began to cry. She cried very hard and could not stop. Just then, a little green frog poked his head out of the water. He looked at her and said, "Why are you crying, little princess? You are crying so much that even a stone would feel sad for you.

She looked to the side where the voice came from. She saw a frog stretching its big, wet head out of the water. "Oh, old water-splasher, is it you?" she said. "I am crying for my golden ball. It fell into the well." "Be quiet and do not cry," the frog answered. "I can help you, but what will you give me if I bring your toy back?" "Whatever you want, dear frog," she said. "My clothes, my pearls and jewels, and even the golden crown I am wearing.

The frog spoke softly. "I do not want your pretty clothes or your shiny jewels. I only want to be your friend. Please let me sit by you at your table. I want to eat from your golden plate and drink from your little cup. I want to sleep in your soft bed. If you promise to do these things, I will swim down deep and bring your golden ball back to you.

Oh yes," she promised. "I will give you anything you want if you bring my ball back." But she thought, "How silly this frog is. He just sits in the water with the other frogs and croaks. He cannot be a friend to a human being.

But the frog was happy he had a promise. He put his head in the water and sank down. Soon, he came back up with the ball in his mouth. He threw it on the grass. The princess was so happy to see her toy again. She picked it up and ran away fast. "Wait, wait," said the frog. "Please take me with you. I cannot run like you." But she did not listen. She ran home and forgot all about the poor frog. He had to go back to his well all alone.

The princess ran to see who was there. When she opened the door, there sat the frog! She was scared, so she slammed the door shut and hurried back to her dinner. The king saw that her heart was beating very fast. He asked gently, "My child, what are you so afraid of? Is there a giant outside who wants to take you away?"

"No, no," she answered. "It is not a giant. It is just a wet, green frog.

What does a frog want with you?" asked her father. "Ah, dear father, yesterday as I was in the forest sitting by the well, playing, my golden ball fell into the water. And because I cried so, the frog brought it out again for me. And because he so insisted, I promised him he should be my companion, but I never thought he would be able to come out of his water. And now he is outside there, and wants to come in to me.

Then it knocked a second time. It cried, "Princess, youngest princess, please open the door for me. Do you not remember what you promised me by the cool water in the well? Princess, youngest princess, please open the door for me.

Then the King said, "You must keep your promise. Go and let him in." She went and opened the door. The frog hopped in and followed her, step by step, all the way to her chair. There he sat and cried, "Lift me up beside you." She waited, but she did not want to. At last, the King told her to do it. Once the frog was on the chair, he wanted to be on the table. When he was on the table, he said, "Now, push your little golden plate nearer to me so we can eat together." She did this, but she did not look happy. The frog enjoyed his food, but almost every bite she took made her choke. At last, he said, "I have eaten and I am full. Now I am tired. Carry me into your little room and make your little silken bed ready. We will both lie down and go to sleep.

So, she picked him up with two fingers. She carried him upstairs and put him in a corner. But when she got into bed, the frog crept to her. He said, "I am tired. I want to sleep in your bed, too. Lift me up, or I will tell your father."

She was very angry. She picked him up and threw him hard against the wall. "Be quiet, you ugly frog!" she said.

But when he fell down, he was not a frog anymore. He was a handsome prince with kind eyes.

Now he was her husband and lived happily with her father. He told her how a bad witch had put a spell on him. He said that only she could save him from the deep well. He promised that tomorrow they would go together to his beautiful kingdom.

Then they went to sleep. The next morning, the sun woke them up. A beautiful carriage drove up. It had eight white horses with soft white feathers on their heads. The horses were tied with shiny golden chains. Faithful Henry stood behind the carriage. He was the young king's servant. Faithful Henry had been very sad when his master became a frog. To keep his heart from breaking, he had put three strong iron bands around it. The carriage was going to take the young king back to his kingdom. Faithful Henry helped them get in. He sat behind them again. He felt so happy and relieved. As they drove along, the king's son heard a loud cracking sound behind him. It sounded like something had broken.

So he turned around and called out, "Henry, the carriage is falling apart!" "No, my master, it is not the carriage. It is a band from my heart. It was put there when I was in great pain because you were a frog stuck in a deep well." Again and again, while they were on their way, something cracked. Each time, the prince thought the carriage was breaking, but it was only the bands springing from Faithful Henry's heart because his master was free and happy.

The next day, the princess sat down to eat with the king and all the courtiers. She was using her little golden plate when she heard a funny sound. *Splish, splash, splish, splash* came a noise up the marble stairs. It stopped at the top and knocked on the door. "Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me," it called out. The princess ran to see who was there. When she opened the door, there sat the frog! She was scared, so she slammed the door shut and hurried back to her dinner. The king saw that her heart was beating very fast. He asked gently, "My child, what are you so afraid of? Is there a giant outside who wants to take you away?" "No, no," she answered. "It is not a giant. It is just a wet, green frog.

The princess started to cry. She was afraid of the cold frog. She did not want him to sleep in her nice, clean bed. But the king was angry. He said, "You should be kind to the frog. He helped you when you were in trouble." So, she picked him up with two fingers. She carried him upstairs and put him in a corner. But when she got into bed, the frog crept to her. He said, "I am tired. I want to sleep in your bed, too. Lift me up, or I will tell your father." She was very angry. She picked him up and threw him hard against the wall. "Be quiet, you ugly frog!" she said. But when he fell down, he was not a frog anymore. He was a handsome prince with kind eyes.

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"\"Oh yes,\" said she, \"I promise you all you wish, if you will but bring me my ball back again.\" But she thought, \"How the silly frog does talk. All he does is to sit in the water with the other frogs, and croak. He can be no companion to any human being.\"",
"But the frog when he had received this promise, put his head into the water and sank down; and in a short while came swimmming up again with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the grass. The king's daughter was delighted to see her pretty plaything once more, and picked it up, and ran away with it. \"Wait, wait,\" said the frog. \"Take me with you. I can't run as you can.\" But what did it avail him to scream his croak, croak, after her, as loudly as he could. She did not listen to it, but ran home and soon forgot the poor frog, who was forced to go back into his well again.",
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"Then they went to sleep, and next morning when the sun awoke them, a carriage came driving up with eight white horses, which had white ostrich feathers on their heads, and were harnessed with golden chains, and behind stood the young king's servant Faithful Henry. Faithful Henry had been so unhappy when his master was changed into a frog, that he had caused three iron bands to be laid round his heart, lest it should burst with grief and sadness. The carriage was to conduct the young king into his kingdom. Faithful Henry helped them both in, and placed himself behind again, and was full of joy because of this deliverance. And when they had driven a part of the way the king's son heard a cracking behind him as if something had broken. So he turned round and cried, \"Henry, the carriage is breaking.\" \"No, master, it is not the carriage. It is a band from my heart, which was put there in my great pain when you were a frog and imprisoned in the well.\" Again and once again while they were on their way something cracked, and each time the king's son thought the carriage was breaking, but it was only the bands which were springing from the heart of Faithful Henry because his master was set free and was happy."
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At this she began to cry, and cried louder and louder, and could not be comforted. And as she thus lamented someone said to her, \"What ails you, king's daughter? You weep so that even a stone would show pity.\"\n\nShe looked round to the side from whence the voice came, and saw a frog stretching forth its big, ugly head from the water. \"Ah, old water-splasher, is it you,\" she said, \"I am weeping for my golden ball, which has fallen into the well.\" \"Be quiet, and do not weep,\" answered the frog, \"I can help you, but what will you give me if I bring your plaything up again?\" \"Whatever you will have, dear frog,\" said she, \"My clothes, my pearls and jewels, and even the golden crown which I am wearing.\" The frog answered, \"I do not care for your clothes, your pearls and jewels, nor for your golden crown, but if you will love me and let me be your companion and play-fellow, and sit by you at your little table, and eat off your little golden plate, and drink out of your little cup, and sleep in your little bed - if you will promise me this I will go down below, and bring you your golden ball up again.\"\n\n\"Oh yes,\" said she, \"I promise you all you wish, if you will but bring me my ball back again.\" But she thought, \"How the silly frog does talk. All he does is to sit in the water with the other frogs, and croak. He can be no companion to any human being.\"\n\nBut the frog when he had received this promise, put his head into the water and sank down; and in a short while came swimmming up again with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the grass. The king's daughter was delighted to see her pretty plaything once more, and picked it up, and ran away with it. \"Wait, wait,\" said the frog. \"Take me with you. I can't run as you can.\" But what did it avail him to scream his croak, croak, after her, as loudly as he could. She did not listen to it, but ran home and soon forgot the poor frog, who was forced to go back into his well again.\n\nThe next day when she had seated herself at table with the king and all the courtiers, and was eating from her little golden plate, something came creeping splish splash, splish splash, up the marble staircase, and when it had got to the top, it knocked at the door and cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me.\" She ran to see who was outside, but when she opened the door, there sat the frog in front of it. Then she slammed the door to, in great haste, sat down to dinner again, and was quite frightened. The king saw plainly that her heart was beating violently, and said, \"My child, what are you so afraid of? Is there perchance a giant outside who wants to carry you away?\" \"Ah, no,\" replied she. \"It is no giant but a disgusting frog.\"\n\n\"What does a frog want with you?\" \"Ah, dear father, yesterday as I was in the forest sitting by the well, playing, my golden ball fell into the water. And because I cried so, the frog brought it out again for me, and because he so insisted, I promised him he should be my companion, but I never thought he would be able to come out of his water. And now he is outside there, and wants to come in to me.\"\n\nIn the meantime it knocked a second time, and cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me, do you not know what you said to me yesterday by the cool waters of the well. Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me.\"\n\nThen said the king, \"That which you have promised must you perform. Go and let him in.\" She went and opened the door, and the frog hopped in and followed her, step by step, to her chair. There he sat and cried, \"Lift me up beside you.\" She delayed, until at last the king commanded her to do it. Once the frog was on the chair he wanted to be on the table, and when he was on the table he said, \"Now, push your little golden plate nearer to me that we may eat together.\" She did this, but it was easy to see that she did not do it willingly. The frog enjoyed what he ate, but almost every mouthful she took choked her. At length he said, \"I have eaten and am satisfied, now I am tired, carry me into your little room and make your little silken bed ready, and we will both lie down and go to sleep.\"\n\nThe king's daughter began to cry, for she was afraid of the cold frog which she did not like to touch, and which was now to sleep in her pretty, clean little bed. But the king grew angry and said, \"He who helped you when you were in trouble ought not afterwards to be despised by you.\" So she took hold of the frog with two fingers, carried him upstairs, and put him in a corner, but when she was in bed he crept to her and said, \"I am tired, I want to sleep as well as you, lift me up or I will tell your father.\" At this she was terribly angry, and took him up and threw him with all her might against the wall. \"Now, will you be quiet, odious frog,\" said she. But when he fell down he was no frog but a king's son with kind and beautiful eyes. He by her father's will was now her dear companion and husband. Then he told her how he had been bewitched by a wicked witch, and how no one could have delivered him from the well but herself, and that to-morrow they would go together into his kingdom.\n\nThen they went to sleep, and next morning when the sun awoke them, a carriage came driving up with eight white horses, which had white ostrich feathers on their heads, and were harnessed with golden chains, and behind stood the young king's servant Faithful Henry. Faithful Henry had been so unhappy when his master was changed into a frog, that he had caused three iron bands to be laid round his heart, lest it should burst with grief and sadness. The carriage was to conduct the young king into his kingdom. Faithful Henry helped them both in, and placed himself behind again, and was full of joy because of this deliverance. And when they had driven a part of the way the king's son heard a cracking behind him as if something had broken. So he turned round and cried, \"Henry, the carriage is breaking.\" \"No, master, it is not the carriage. It is a band from my heart, which was put there in my great pain when you were a frog and imprisoned in the well.\" Again and once again while they were on their way something cracked, and each time the king's son thought the carriage was breaking, but it was only the bands which were springing from the heart of Faithful Henry because his master was set free and was happy.",
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"In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king's castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king's child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favorite plaything.",
"Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess's golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water. The king's daughter followed it with her eyes, but it vanished, and the well was deep, so deep that the bottom could not be seen. At this she began to cry, and cried louder and louder, and could not be comforted. And as she thus lamented someone said to her, \"What ails you, king's daughter? You weep so that even a stone would show pity.\"",
"She looked round to the side from whence the voice came, and saw a frog stretching forth its big, ugly head from the water. \"Ah, old water-splasher, is it you,\" she said, \"I am weeping for my golden ball, which has fallen into the well.\" \"Be quiet, and do not weep,\" answered the frog, \"I can help you, but what will you give me if I bring your plaything up again?\" \"Whatever you will have, dear frog,\" said she, \"My clothes, my pearls and jewels, and even the golden crown which I am wearing.\"",
"The frog answered, \"I do not care for your clothes, your pearls and jewels, nor for your golden crown, but if you will love me and let me be your companion and play-fellow, and sit by you at your little table, and eat off your little golden plate, and drink out of your little cup, and sleep in your little bed - if you will promise me this I will go down below, and bring you your golden ball up again.\"",
"\"Oh yes,\" said she, \"I promise you all you wish, if you will but bring me my ball back again.\" But she thought, \"How the silly frog does talk. All he does is to sit in the water with the other frogs, and croak. He can be no companion to any human being.\"",
"But the frog when he had received this promise, put his head into the water and sank down; and in a short while came swimmming up again with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the grass. The king's daughter was delighted to see her pretty plaything once more, and picked it up, and ran away with it. \"Wait, wait,\" said the frog. \"Take me with you. I can't run as you can.\" But what did it avail him to scream his croak, croak, after her, as loudly as he could. She did not listen to it, but ran home and soon forgot the poor frog, who was forced to go back into his well again.",
"The next day when she had seated herself at table with the king and all the courtiers, and was eating from her little golden plate, something came creeping splish splash, splish splash, up the marble staircase, and when it had got to the top, it knocked at the door and cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me.\" She ran to see who was outside, but when she opened the door, there sat the frog in front of it. Then she slammed the door to, in great haste, sat down to dinner again, and was quite frightened. The king saw plainly that her heart was beating violently, and said, \"My child, what are you so afraid of? Is there perchance a giant outside who wants to carry you away?\" \"Ah, no,\" replied she. \"It is no giant but a disgusting frog.\"",
"\"What does a frog want with you?\" \"Ah, dear father, yesterday as I was in the forest sitting by the well, playing, my golden ball fell into the water. And because I cried so, the frog brought it out again for me, and because he so insisted, I promised him he should be my companion, but I never thought he would be able to come out of his water. And now he is outside there, and wants to come in to me.\"",
"In the meantime it knocked a second time, and cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me, do you not know what you said to me yesterday by the cool waters of the well. Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me.\"",
"Then said the king, \"That which you have promised must you perform. Go and let him in.\" She went and opened the door, and the frog hopped in and followed her, step by step, to her chair. There he sat and cried, \"Lift me up beside you.\" She delayed, until at last the king commanded her to do it. Once the frog was on the chair he wanted to be on the table, and when he was on the table he said, \"Now, push your little golden plate nearer to me that we may eat together.\" She did this, but it was easy to see that she did not do it willingly. The frog enjoyed what he ate, but almost every mouthful she took choked her. At length he said, \"I have eaten and am satisfied, now I am tired, carry me into your little room and make your little silken bed ready, and we will both lie down and go to sleep.\"",
"The king's daughter began to cry, for she was afraid of the cold frog which she did not like to touch, and which was now to sleep in her pretty, clean little bed. But the king grew angry and said, \"He who helped you when you were in trouble ought not afterwards to be despised by you.\" So she took hold of the frog with two fingers, carried him upstairs, and put him in a corner, but when she was in bed he crept to her and said, \"I am tired, I want to sleep as well as you, lift me up or I will tell your father.\" At this she was terribly angry, and took him up and threw him with all her might against the wall. \"Now, will you be quiet, odious frog,\" said she. But when he fell down he was no frog but a king's son with kind and beautiful eyes.",
"He by her father's will was now her dear companion and husband. Then he told her how he had been bewitched by a wicked witch, and how no one could have delivered him from the well but herself, and that to-morrow they would go together into his kingdom.",
"Then they went to sleep, and next morning when the sun awoke them, a carriage came driving up with eight white horses, which had white ostrich feathers on their heads, and were harnessed with golden chains, and behind stood the young king's servant Faithful Henry. Faithful Henry had been so unhappy when his master was changed into a frog, that he had caused three iron bands to be laid round his heart, lest it should burst with grief and sadness. The carriage was to conduct the young king into his kingdom. Faithful Henry helped them both in, and placed himself behind again, and was full of joy because of this deliverance. And when they had driven a part of the way the king's son heard a cracking behind him as if something had broken.",
"So he turned round and cried, \"Henry, the carriage is breaking.\" \"No, master, it is not the carriage. It is a band from my heart, which was put there in my great pain when you were a frog and imprisoned in the well.\" Again and once again while they were on their way something cracked, and each time the king's son thought the carriage was breaking, but it was only the bands which were springing from the heart of Faithful Henry because his master was set free and was happy."
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"In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king's castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king's child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favorite plaything.",
"Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess's golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water. The king's daughter followed it with her eyes, but it vanished, and the well was deep, so deep that the bottom could not be seen. At this she began to cry, and cried louder and louder, and could not be comforted. And as she thus lamented someone said to her, \"What ails you, king's daughter? You weep so that even a stone would show pity.\"",
"She looked round to the side from whence the voice came, and saw a frog stretching forth its big, ugly head from the water. \"Ah, old water-splasher, is it you,\" she said, \"I am weeping for my golden ball, which has fallen into the well.\" \"Be quiet, and do not weep,\" answered the frog, \"I can help you, but what will you give me if I bring your plaything up again?\" \"Whatever you will have, dear frog,\" said she, \"My clothes, my pearls and jewels, and even the golden crown which I am wearing.\" The frog answered, \"I do not care for your clothes, your pearls and jewels, nor for your golden crown, but if you will love me and let me be your companion and play-fellow, and sit by you at your little table, and eat off your little golden plate, and drink out of your little cup, and sleep in your little bed - if you will promise me this I will go down below, and bring you your golden ball up again.\"",
"\"Oh yes,\" said she, \"I promise you all you wish, if you will but bring me my ball back again.\" But she thought, \"How the silly frog does talk. All he does is to sit in the water with the other frogs, and croak. He can be no companion to any human being.\"",
"But the frog when he had received this promise, put his head into the water and sank down; and in a short while came swimming up again with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the grass. The king's daughter was delighted to see her pretty plaything once more, and picked it up, and ran away with it. \"Wait, wait,\" said the frog. \"Take me with you. I cannot run as you can.\" But what did it avail him to scream his croak, croak, after her, as loudly as he could. She did not listen to it, but ran home and soon forgot the poor frog, who was forced to go back into his well again.",
"The next day when she had seated herself at table with the king and all the courtiers, and was eating from her little golden plate, something came creeping splish splash, splish splash, up the marble staircase, and when it had got to the top, it knocked at the door and cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me.\" She ran to see who was outside, but when she opened the door, there sat the frog in front of it. Then she slammed the door to, in great haste, sat down to dinner again, and was quite frightened. The king saw plainly that her heart was beating violently, and said, \"My child, what are you so afraid of? Is there perchance a giant outside who wants to carry you away?\" \"Ah, no,\" replied she. \"It is no giant but a disgusting frog.\"",
"\"What does a frog want with you?\" \"Ah, dear father, yesterday as I was in the forest sitting by the well, playing, my golden ball fell into the water. And because I cried so, the frog brought it out again for me, and because he so insisted, I promised him he should be my companion, but I never thought he would be able to come out of his water. And now he is outside there, and wants to come in to me.\"",
"In the meantime it knocked a second time, and cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me, do you not know what you said to me yesterday by the cool waters of the well. Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me.\"",
"Then said the king, \"That which you have promised must you perform. Go and let him in.\" She went and opened the door, and the frog hopped in and followed her, step by step, to her chair. There he sat and cried, \"Lift me up beside you.\" She delayed, until at last the king commanded her to do it. Once the frog was on the chair he wanted to be on the table, and when he was on the table he said, \"Now, push your little golden plate nearer to me that we may eat together.\" She did this, but it was easy to see that she did not do it willingly. The frog enjoyed what he ate, but almost every mouthful she took choked her. At length he said, \"I have eaten and am satisfied, now I am tired, carry me into your little room and make your little silken bed ready, and we will both lie down and go to sleep.\"",
"The king's daughter began to cry, for she was afraid of the cold frog which she did not like to touch, and which was now to sleep in her pretty, clean little bed. But the king grew angry and said, \"He who helped you when you were in trouble ought not afterwards to be despised by you.\" So she took hold of the frog with two fingers, carried him upstairs, and put him in a corner, but when she was in bed he crept to her and said, \"I am tired, I want to sleep as well as you, lift me up or I will tell your father.\" At this she was terribly angry, and took him up and threw him with all her might against the wall. \"Now, will you be quiet, odious frog,\" said she. But when he fell down he was no frog but a king's son with kind and beautiful eyes. He by her father's will was now her dear companion and husband. Then he told her how he had been bewitched by a wicked witch, and how no one could have delivered him from the well but herself, and that to-morrow they would go together into his kingdom.",
"Then they went to sleep, and next morning when the sun awoke them, a carriage came driving up with eight white horses, which had white ostrich feathers on their heads, and were harnessed with golden chains, and behind stood the young king's servant Faithful Henry. Faithful Henry had been so unhappy when his master was changed into a frog, that he had caused three iron bands to be laid round his heart, lest it should burst with grief and sadness. The carriage was to conduct the young king into his kingdom. Faithful Henry helped them both in, and placed himself behind again, and was full of joy because of this deliverance. And when they had driven a part of the way the king's son heard a cracking behind him as if something had broken. So he turned round and cried, \"Henry, the carriage is breaking.\" \"No, master, it is not the carriage. It is a band from my heart, which was put there in my great pain when you were a frog and imprisoned in the well.\" Again and once again while they were on their way something cracked, and each time the king's son thought the carriage was breaking, but it was only the bands which were springing from the heart of Faithful Henry because his master was set free and was happy."
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"speech_safe_text": "In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king's castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king's child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favorite plaything.\n\nNow it so happened that on one occasion the princess's golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water. The king's daughter followed it with her eyes, but it vanished, and the well was deep, so deep that the bottom could not be seen. At this she began to cry, and cried louder and louder, and could not be comforted. And as she thus lamented someone said to her, \"What ails you, king's daughter? You weep so that even a stone would show pity.\"\n\nShe looked round to the side from whence the voice came, and saw a frog stretching forth its big, ugly head from the water. \"Ah, old water-splasher, is it you,\" she said, \"I am weeping for my golden ball, which has fallen into the well.\" \"Be quiet, and do not weep,\" answered the frog, \"I can help you, but what will you give me if I bring your plaything up again?\" \"Whatever you will have, dear frog,\" said she, \"My clothes, my pearls and jewels, and even the golden crown which I am wearing.\" The frog answered, \"I do not care for your clothes, your pearls and jewels, nor for your golden crown, but if you will love me and let me be your companion and play-fellow, and sit by you at your little table, and eat off your little golden plate, and drink out of your little cup, and sleep in your little bed - if you will promise me this I will go down below, and bring you your golden ball up again.\"\n\n\"Oh yes,\" said she, \"I promise you all you wish, if you will but bring me my ball back again.\" But she thought, \"How the silly frog does talk. All he does is to sit in the water with the other frogs, and croak. He can be no companion to any human being.\"\n\nBut the frog when he had received this promise, put his head into the water and sank down; and in a short while came swimming up again with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the grass. The king's daughter was delighted to see her pretty plaything once more, and picked it up, and ran away with it. \"Wait, wait,\" said the frog. \"Take me with you. I cannot run as you can.\" But what did it avail him to scream his croak, croak, after her, as loudly as he could. She did not listen to it, but ran home and soon forgot the poor frog, who was forced to go back into his well again.\n\nThe next day when she had seated herself at table with the king and all the courtiers, and was eating from her little golden plate, something came creeping splish splash, splish splash, up the marble staircase, and when it had got to the top, it knocked at the door and cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me.\" She ran to see who was outside, but when she opened the door, there sat the frog in front of it. Then she slammed the door to, in great haste, sat down to dinner again, and was quite frightened. The king saw plainly that her heart was beating violently, and said, \"My child, what are you so afraid of? Is there perchance a giant outside who wants to carry you away?\" \"Ah, no,\" replied she. \"It is no giant but a disgusting frog.\"\n\n\"What does a frog want with you?\" \"Ah, dear father, yesterday as I was in the forest sitting by the well, playing, my golden ball fell into the water. And because I cried so, the frog brought it out again for me, and because he so insisted, I promised him he should be my companion, but I never thought he would be able to come out of his water. And now he is outside there, and wants to come in to me.\"\n\nIn the meantime it knocked a second time, and cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me, do you not know what you said to me yesterday by the cool waters of the well. Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me.\"\n\nThen said the king, \"That which you have promised must you perform. Go and let him in.\" She went and opened the door, and the frog hopped in and followed her, step by step, to her chair. There he sat and cried, \"Lift me up beside you.\" She delayed, until at last the king commanded her to do it. Once the frog was on the chair he wanted to be on the table, and when he was on the table he said, \"Now, push your little golden plate nearer to me that we may eat together.\" She did this, but it was easy to see that she did not do it willingly. The frog enjoyed what he ate, but almost every mouthful she took choked her. At length he said, \"I have eaten and am satisfied, now I am tired, carry me into your little room and make your little silken bed ready, and we will both lie down and go to sleep.\"\n\nThe king's daughter began to cry, for she was afraid of the cold frog which she did not like to touch, and which was now to sleep in her pretty, clean little bed. But the king grew angry and said, \"He who helped you when you were in trouble ought not afterwards to be despised by you.\" So she took hold of the frog with two fingers, carried him upstairs, and put him in a corner, but when she was in bed he crept to her and said, \"I am tired, I want to sleep as well as you, lift me up or I will tell your father.\" At this she was terribly angry, and took him up and threw him with all her might against the wall. \"Now, will you be quiet, odious frog,\" said she. But when he fell down he was no frog but a king's son with kind and beautiful eyes. He by her father's will was now her dear companion and husband. Then he told her how he had been bewitched by a wicked witch, and how no one could have delivered him from the well but herself, and that to-morrow they would go together into his kingdom.\n\nThen they went to sleep, and next morning when the sun awoke them, a carriage came driving up with eight white horses, which had white ostrich feathers on their heads, and were harnessed with golden chains, and behind stood the young king's servant Faithful Henry. Faithful Henry had been so unhappy when his master was changed into a frog, that he had caused three iron bands to be laid round his heart, lest it should burst with grief and sadness. The carriage was to conduct the young king into his kingdom. Faithful Henry helped them both in, and placed himself behind again, and was full of joy because of this deliverance. And when they had driven a part of the way the king's son heard a cracking behind him as if something had broken. So he turned round and cried, \"Henry, the carriage is breaking.\" \"No, master, it is not the carriage. It is a band from my heart, which was put there in my great pain when you were a frog and imprisoned in the well.\" Again and once again while they were on their way something cracked, and each time the king's son thought the carriage was breaking, but it was only the bands which were springing from the heart of Faithful Henry because his master was set free and was happy.",
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"In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king's castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king's child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favorite plaything.",
"Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess's golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water. The king's daughter followed it with her eyes, but it vanished, and the well was deep, so deep that the bottom could not be seen. At this she began to cry, and cried louder and louder, and could not be comforted. And as she thus lamented someone said to her, \"What ails you, king's daughter? You weep so that even a stone would show pity.\"",
"She looked round to the side from whence the voice came, and saw a frog stretching forth its big, ugly head from the water. \"Ah, old water-splasher, is it you,\" she said, \"I am weeping for my golden ball, which has fallen into the well.\" \"Be quiet, and do not weep,\" answered the frog, \"I can help you, but what will you give me if I bring your plaything up again?\" \"Whatever you will have, dear frog,\" said she, \"My clothes, my pearls and jewels, and even the golden crown which I am wearing.\"",
"The frog answered, \"I do not care for your clothes, your pearls and jewels, nor for your golden crown, but if you will love me and let me be your companion and play-fellow, and sit by you at your little table, and eat off your little golden plate, and drink out of your little cup, and sleep in your little bed - if you will promise me this I will go down below, and bring you your golden ball up again.\"",
"\"Oh yes,\" said she, \"I promise you all you wish, if you will but bring me my ball back again.\" But she thought, \"How the silly frog does talk. All he does is to sit in the water with the other frogs, and croak. He can be no companion to any human being.\"",
"But the frog when he had received this promise, put his head into the water and sank down; and in a short while came swimming up again with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the grass. The king's daughter was delighted to see her pretty plaything once more, and picked it up, and ran away with it. \"Wait, wait,\" said the frog. \"Take me with you. I cannot run as you can.\" But what did it avail him to scream his croak, croak, after her, as loudly as he could. She did not listen to it, but ran home and soon forgot the poor frog, who was forced to go back into his well again.",
"The next day when she had seated herself at table with the king and all the courtiers, and was eating from her little golden plate, something came creeping splish splash, splish splash, up the marble staircase, and when it had got to the top, it knocked at the door and cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me.\" She ran to see who was outside, but when she opened the door, there sat the frog in front of it. Then she slammed the door to, in great haste, sat down to dinner again, and was quite frightened. The king saw plainly that her heart was beating violently, and said, \"My child, what are you so afraid of? Is there perchance a giant outside who wants to carry you away?\" \"Ah, no,\" replied she. \"It is no giant but a disgusting frog.\"",
"\"What does a frog want with you?\" \"Ah, dear father, yesterday as I was in the forest sitting by the well, playing, my golden ball fell into the water. And because I cried so, the frog brought it out again for me, and because he so insisted, I promised him he should be my companion, but I never thought he would be able to come out of his water. And now he is outside there, and wants to come in to me.\"",
"In the meantime it knocked a second time, and cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me, do you not know what you said to me yesterday by the cool waters of the well. Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me.\"",
"Then said the king, \"That which you have promised must you perform. Go and let him in.\" She went and opened the door, and the frog hopped in and followed her, step by step, to her chair. There he sat and cried, \"Lift me up beside you.\" She delayed, until at last the king commanded her to do it. Once the frog was on the chair he wanted to be on the table, and when he was on the table he said, \"Now, push your little golden plate nearer to me that we may eat together.\" She did this, but it was easy to see that she did not do it willingly. The frog enjoyed what he ate, but almost every mouthful she took choked her. At length he said, \"I have eaten and am satisfied, now I am tired, carry me into your little room and make your little silken bed ready, and we will both lie down and go to sleep.\"",
"The king's daughter began to cry, for she was afraid of the cold frog which she did not like to touch, and which was now to sleep in her pretty, clean little bed. But the king grew angry and said, \"He who helped you when you were in trouble ought not afterwards to be despised by you.\" So she took hold of the frog with two fingers, carried him upstairs, and put him in a corner, but when she was in bed he crept to her and said, \"I am tired, I want to sleep as well as you, lift me up or I will tell your father.\" At this she was terribly angry, and took him up and threw him with all her might against the wall. \"Now, will you be quiet, odious frog,\" said she. But when he fell down he was no frog but a king's son with kind and beautiful eyes.",
"He by her father's will was now her dear companion and husband. Then he told her how he had been bewitched by a wicked witch, and how no one could have delivered him from the well but herself, and that to-morrow they would go together into his kingdom.",
"Then they went to sleep, and next morning when the sun awoke them, a carriage came driving up with eight white horses, which had white ostrich feathers on their heads, and were harnessed with golden chains, and behind stood the young king's servant Faithful Henry. Faithful Henry had been so unhappy when his master was changed into a frog, that he had caused three iron bands to be laid round his heart, lest it should burst with grief and sadness. The carriage was to conduct the young king into his kingdom. Faithful Henry helped them both in, and placed himself behind again, and was full of joy because of this deliverance. And when they had driven a part of the way the king's son heard a cracking behind him as if something had broken.",
"So he turned round and cried, \"Henry, the carriage is breaking.\" \"No, master, it is not the carriage. It is a band from my heart, which was put there in my great pain when you were a frog and imprisoned in the well.\" Again and once again while they were on their way something cracked, and each time the king's son thought the carriage was breaking, but it was only the bands which were springing from the heart of Faithful Henry because his master was set free and was happy."
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"In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king's castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the king's child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was bored she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favorite plaything.",
"Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess's golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water. The king's daughter followed it with her eyes, but it vanished, and the well was deep, so deep that the bottom could not be seen. At this she began to cry, and cried louder and louder, and could not be comforted. And as she thus lamented someone said to her, \"What ails you, king's daughter? You weep so that even a stone would show pity.\"",
"She looked round to the side from whence the voice came, and saw a frog stretching forth its big, ugly head from the water. \"Ah, old water-splasher, is it you,\" she said, \"I am weeping for my golden ball, which has fallen into the well.\" \"Be quiet, and do not weep,\" answered the frog, \"I can help you, but what will you give me if I bring your plaything up again?\" \"Whatever you will have, dear frog,\" said she, \"My clothes, my pearls and jewels, and even the golden crown which I am wearing.\"",
"The frog answered, \"I do not care for your clothes, your pearls and jewels, nor for your golden crown, but if you will love me and let me be your companion and play-fellow, and sit by you at your little table, and eat off your little golden plate, and drink out of your little cup, and sleep in your little bed - if you will promise me this I will go down below, and bring you your golden ball up again.\"",
"\"Oh yes,\" said she, \"I promise you all you wish, if you will but bring me my ball back again.\" But she thought, \"How the silly frog does talk. All he does is to sit in the water with the other frogs, and croak. He can be no companion to any human being.\"",
"But the frog when he had received this promise, put his head into the water and sank down; and in a short while came swimming up again with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the grass. The king's daughter was delighted to see her pretty plaything once more, and picked it up, and ran away with it. \"Wait, wait,\" said the frog. \"Take me with you. I cannot run as you can.\" But what did it avail him to scream his croak, croak, after her, as loudly as he could. She did not listen to it, but ran home and soon forgot the poor frog, who was forced to go back into his well again.",
"The next day when she had seated herself at table with the king and all the courtiers, and was eating from her little golden plate, something came creeping splish splash, splish splash, up the marble staircase, and when it had got to the top, it knocked at the door and cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me.\" She ran to see who was outside, but when she opened the door, there sat the frog in front of it. Then she slammed the door to, in great haste, sat down to dinner again, and was quite frightened. The king saw plainly that her heart was beating violently, and said, \"My child, what are you so afraid of? Is there perchance a giant outside who wants to carry you away?\" \"Ah, no,\" replied she. \"It is no giant but a disgusting frog.\"",
"\"What does a frog want with you?\" \"Ah, dear father, yesterday as I was in the forest sitting by the well, playing, my golden ball fell into the water. And because I cried so, the frog brought it out again for me, and because he so insisted, I promised him he should be my companion, but I never thought he would be able to come out of his water. And now he is outside there, and wants to come in to me.\"",
"In the meantime it knocked a second time, and cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me, do you not know what you said to me yesterday by the cool waters of the well. Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me.\"",
"Then said the king, \"That which you have promised must you perform. Go and let him in.\" She went and opened the door, and the frog hopped in and followed her, step by step, to her chair. There he sat and cried, \"Lift me up beside you.\" She delayed, until at last the king commanded her to do it. Once the frog was on the chair he wanted to be on the table, and when he was on the table he said, \"Now, push your little golden plate nearer to me that we may eat together.\" She did this, but it was easy to see that she did not do it willingly. The frog enjoyed what he ate, but almost every mouthful she took choked her. At length he said, \"I have eaten and am satisfied, now I am tired, carry me into your little room and make your little silken bed ready, and we will both lie down and go to sleep.\"",
"The king's daughter began to cry, for she was afraid of the cold frog which she did not like to touch, and which was now to sleep in her pretty, clean little bed. But the king grew angry and said, \"He who helped you when you were in trouble ought not afterwards to be despised by you.\" So she took hold of the frog with two fingers, carried him upstairs, and put him in a corner, but when she was in bed he crept to her and said, \"I am tired, I want to sleep as well as you, lift me up or I will tell your father.\" At this she was terribly angry, and took him up and threw him with all her might against the wall. \"Now, will you be quiet, odious frog,\" said she. But when he fell down he was no frog but a king's son with kind and beautiful eyes.",
"He by her father's will was now her dear companion and husband. Then he told her how he had been bewitched by a wicked witch, and how no one could have delivered him from the well but herself, and that to-morrow they would go together into his kingdom.",
"Then they went to sleep, and next morning when the sun awoke them, a carriage came driving up with eight white horses, which had white ostrich feathers on their heads, and were harnessed with golden chains, and behind stood the young king's servant Faithful Henry. Faithful Henry had been so unhappy when his master was changed into a frog, that he had caused three iron bands to be laid round his heart, lest it should burst with grief and sadness. The carriage was to conduct the young king into his kingdom. Faithful Henry helped them both in, and placed himself behind again, and was full of joy because of this deliverance. And when they had driven a part of the way the king's son heard a cracking behind him as if something had broken.",
"So he turned round and cried, \"Henry, the carriage is breaking.\" \"No, master, it is not the carriage. It is a band from my heart, which was put there in my great pain when you were a frog and imprisoned in the well.\" Again and once again while they were on their way something cracked, and each time the king's son thought the carriage was breaking, but it was only the bands which were springing from the heart of Faithful Henry because his master was set free and was happy."
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"Once upon a time, a long time ago, a king lived with his family. His daughters were all very pretty, but the youngest was the most beautiful of all. The sun was amazed when it shone on her face. Near the castle was a big, dark forest. Under an old tree stood a cool well. On warm days, the princess would go there to sit. She loved her favorite golden ball. She would throw it high in the air and catch it. It was her favorite game.",
"One day, the princess held out her hand to catch her shiny golden ball. But the ball slipped from her fingers and fell into the water. It rolled away and sank deep down into the well. The princess looked down, but she could not see the bottom. She began to cry. She cried very hard and could not stop. Just then, a little green frog poked his head out of the water. He looked at her and said, \"Why are you crying, little princess? You are crying so much that even a stone would feel sad for you.",
"She looked to the side where the voice came from. She saw a frog stretching its big, wet head out of the water. \"Oh, old water-splasher, is it you?\" she said. \"I am crying for my golden ball. It fell into the well.\" \"Be quiet and do not cry,\" the frog answered. \"I can help you, but what will you give me if I bring your toy back?\" \"Whatever you want, dear frog,\" she said. \"My clothes, my pearls and jewels, and even the golden crown I am wearing.",
"The frog spoke softly. \"I do not want your pretty clothes or your shiny jewels. I only want to be your friend. Please let me sit by you at your table. I want to eat from your golden plate and drink from your little cup. I want to sleep in your soft bed. If you promise to do these things, I will swim down deep and bring your golden ball back to you.",
"Oh yes,\" she promised. \"I will give you anything you want if you bring my ball back.\" But she thought, \"How silly this frog is. He just sits in the water with the other frogs and croaks. He cannot be a friend to a human being.",
"But the frog was happy he had a promise. He put his head in the water and sank down. Soon, he came back up with the ball in his mouth. He threw it on the grass. The princess was so happy to see her toy again. She picked it up and ran away fast. \"Wait, wait,\" said the frog. \"Please take me with you. I cannot run like you.\" But she did not listen. She ran home and forgot all about the poor frog. He had to go back to his well all alone.",
"The next day, the princess sat down to eat with the king and all the courtiers. She was using her little golden plate when she heard a funny sound. *Splish, splash, splish, splash* came a noise up the marble stairs. It stopped at the top and knocked on the door. \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me,\" it called out.\n\nThe princess ran to see who was there. When she opened the door, there sat the frog! She was scared, so she slammed the door shut and hurried back to her dinner. The king saw that her heart was beating very fast. He asked gently, \"My child, what are you so afraid of? Is there a giant outside who wants to take you away?\"\n\n\"No, no,\" she answered. \"It is not a giant. It is just a wet, green frog.",
"What does a frog want with you?\" asked her father. \"Ah, dear father, yesterday as I was in the forest sitting by the well, playing, my golden ball fell into the water. And because I cried so, the frog brought it out again for me. And because he so insisted, I promised him he should be my companion, but I never thought he would be able to come out of his water. And now he is outside there, and wants to come in to me.",
"Then it knocked a second time. It cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, please open the door for me. Do you not remember what you promised me by the cool water in the well? Princess, youngest princess, please open the door for me.",
"Then the King said, \"You must keep your promise. Go and let him in.\" She went and opened the door. The frog hopped in and followed her, step by step, all the way to her chair. There he sat and cried, \"Lift me up beside you.\" She waited, but she did not want to. At last, the King told her to do it. Once the frog was on the chair, he wanted to be on the table. When he was on the table, he said, \"Now, push your little golden plate nearer to me so we can eat together.\" She did this, but she did not look happy. The frog enjoyed his food, but almost every bite she took made her choke. At last, he said, \"I have eaten and I am full. Now I am tired. Carry me into your little room and make your little silken bed ready. We will both lie down and go to sleep.",
"The princess started to cry. She was afraid of the cold frog. She did not want him to sleep in her nice, clean bed. But the king was angry. He said, \"You should be kind to the frog. He helped you when you were in trouble.\"\n\nSo, she picked him up with two fingers. She carried him upstairs and put him in a corner. But when she got into bed, the frog crept to her. He said, \"I am tired. I want to sleep in your bed, too. Lift me up, or I will tell your father.\"\n\nShe was very angry. She picked him up and threw him hard against the wall. \"Be quiet, you ugly frog!\" she said.\n\nBut when he fell down, he was not a frog anymore. He was a handsome prince with kind eyes.",
"Now he was her husband and lived happily with her father. He told her how a bad witch had put a spell on him. He said that only she could save him from the deep well. He promised that tomorrow they would go together to his beautiful kingdom.",
"Then they went to sleep. The next morning, the sun woke them up. A beautiful carriage drove up. It had eight white horses with soft white feathers on their heads. The horses were tied with shiny golden chains. Faithful Henry stood behind the carriage. He was the young king's servant. Faithful Henry had been very sad when his master became a frog. To keep his heart from breaking, he had put three strong iron bands around it. The carriage was going to take the young king back to his kingdom. Faithful Henry helped them get in. He sat behind them again. He felt so happy and relieved. As they drove along, the king's son heard a loud cracking sound behind him. It sounded like something had broken.",
"So he turned around and called out, \"Henry, the carriage is falling apart!\" \"No, my master, it is not the carriage. It is a band from my heart. It was put there when I was in great pain because you were a frog stuck in a deep well.\" Again and again, while they were on their way, something cracked. Each time, the prince thought the carriage was breaking, but it was only the bands springing from Faithful Henry's heart because his master was free and happy."
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You are crying so much that even a stone would feel sad for you.\n\nShe looked to the side where the voice came from. She saw a frog stretching its big, wet head out of the water. \"Oh, old water-splasher, is it you?\" she said. \"I am crying for my golden ball. It fell into the well.\" \"Be quiet and do not cry,\" the frog answered. \"I can help you, but what will you give me if I bring your toy back?\" \"Whatever you want, dear frog,\" she said. \"My clothes, my pearls and jewels, and even the golden crown I am wearing.\n\nThe frog spoke softly. \"I do not want your pretty clothes or your shiny jewels. I only want to be your friend. Please let me sit by you at your table. I want to eat from your golden plate and drink from your little cup. I want to sleep in your soft bed. If you promise to do these things, I will swim down deep and bring your golden ball back to you.\n\nOh yes,\" she promised. \"I will give you anything you want if you bring my ball back.\" But she thought, \"How silly this frog is. He just sits in the water with the other frogs and croaks. He cannot be a friend to a human being.\n\nBut the frog was happy he had a promise. He put his head in the water and sank down. Soon, he came back up with the ball in his mouth. He threw it on the grass. The princess was so happy to see her toy again. She picked it up and ran away fast. \"Wait, wait,\" said the frog. \"Please take me with you. I cannot run like you.\" But she did not listen. She ran home and forgot all about the poor frog. He had to go back to his well all alone.\n\nThe next day, the princess sat down to eat with the king and all the courtiers. She was using her little golden plate when she heard a funny sound. *Splish, splash, splish, splash* came a noise up the marble stairs. It stopped at the top and knocked on the door. \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me,\" it called out.\n\nThe princess ran to see who was there. When she opened the door, there sat the frog! She was scared, so she slammed the door shut and hurried back to her dinner. The king saw that her heart was beating very fast. He asked gently, \"My child, what are you so afraid of? Is there a giant outside who wants to take you away?\"\n\n\"No, no,\" she answered. \"It is not a giant. It is just a wet, green frog.\n\nWhat does a frog want with you?\" asked her father. \"Ah, dear father, yesterday as I was in the forest sitting by the well, playing, my golden ball fell into the water. And because I cried so, the frog brought it out again for me. And because he so insisted, I promised him he should be my companion, but I never thought he would be able to come out of his water. And now he is outside there, and wants to come in to me.\n\nThen it knocked a second time. It cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, please open the door for me. Do you not remember what you promised me by the cool water in the well? Princess, youngest princess, please open the door for me.\n\nThen the King said, \"You must keep your promise. Go and let him in.\" She went and opened the door. The frog hopped in and followed her, step by step, all the way to her chair. There he sat and cried, \"Lift me up beside you.\" She waited, but she did not want to. At last, the King told her to do it. Once the frog was on the chair, he wanted to be on the table. When he was on the table, he said, \"Now, push your little golden plate nearer to me so we can eat together.\" She did this, but she did not look happy. The frog enjoyed his food, but almost every bite she took made her choke. At last, he said, \"I have eaten and I am full. Now I am tired. Carry me into your little room and make your little silken bed ready. We will both lie down and go to sleep.\n\nThe princess started to cry. She was afraid of the cold frog. She did not want him to sleep in her nice, clean bed. But the king was angry. He said, \"You should be kind to the frog. He helped you when you were in trouble.\"\n\nSo, she picked him up with two fingers. She carried him upstairs and put him in a corner. But when she got into bed, the frog crept to her. He said, \"I am tired. I want to sleep in your bed, too. Lift me up, or I will tell your father.\"\n\nShe was very angry. She picked him up and threw him hard against the wall. \"Be quiet, you ugly frog!\" she said.\n\nBut when he fell down, he was not a frog anymore. He was a handsome prince with kind eyes.\n\nNow he was her husband and lived happily with her father. He told her how a bad witch had put a spell on him. He said that only she could save him from the deep well. He promised that tomorrow they would go together to his beautiful kingdom.\n\nThen they went to sleep. The next morning, the sun woke them up. A beautiful carriage drove up. It had eight white horses with soft white feathers on their heads. The horses were tied with shiny golden chains. Faithful Henry stood behind the carriage. He was the young king's servant. Faithful Henry had been very sad when his master became a frog. To keep his heart from breaking, he had put three strong iron bands around it. The carriage was going to take the young king back to his kingdom. Faithful Henry helped them get in. He sat behind them again. He felt so happy and relieved. As they drove along, the king's son heard a loud cracking sound behind him. It sounded like something had broken.\n\nSo he turned around and called out, \"Henry, the carriage is falling apart!\" \"No, my master, it is not the carriage. It is a band from my heart. It was put there when I was in great pain because you were a frog stuck in a deep well.\" Again and again, while they were on their way, something cracked. 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"The frog spoke softly. \"I do not want your pretty clothes or your shiny jewels. I only want to be your friend. Please let me sit by you at your table. I want to eat from your golden plate and drink from your little cup. I want to sleep in your soft bed. If you promise to do these things, I will swim down deep and bring your golden ball back to you.",
"Oh yes,\" she promised. \"I will give you anything you want if you bring my ball back.\" But she thought, \"How silly this frog is. He just sits in the water with the other frogs and croaks. He cannot be a friend to a human being.",
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"The next day, the princess sat down to eat with the king and all the courtiers. She was using her little golden plate when she heard a funny sound. *Splish, splash, splish, splash* came a noise up the marble stairs. It stopped at the top and knocked on the door. \"Princess, youngest princess, open the door for me,\" it called out.\n\nThe princess ran to see who was there. When she opened the door, there sat the frog! She was scared, so she slammed the door shut and hurried back to her dinner. The king saw that her heart was beating very fast. He asked gently, \"My child, what are you so afraid of? Is there a giant outside who wants to take you away?\"\n\n\"No, no,\" she answered. \"It is not a giant. It is just a wet, green frog.",
"What does a frog want with you?\" asked her father. \"Ah, dear father, yesterday as I was in the forest sitting by the well, playing, my golden ball fell into the water. And because I cried so, the frog brought it out again for me. And because he so insisted, I promised him he should be my companion, but I never thought he would be able to come out of his water. And now he is outside there, and wants to come in to me.",
"Then it knocked a second time. It cried, \"Princess, youngest princess, please open the door for me. Do you not remember what you promised me by the cool water in the well? Princess, youngest princess, please open the door for me.",
"Then the King said, \"You must keep your promise. Go and let him in.\" She went and opened the door. The frog hopped in and followed her, step by step, all the way to her chair. There he sat and cried, \"Lift me up beside you.\" She waited, but she did not want to. At last, the King told her to do it. Once the frog was on the chair, he wanted to be on the table. When he was on the table, he said, \"Now, push your little golden plate nearer to me so we can eat together.\" She did this, but she did not look happy. The frog enjoyed his food, but almost every bite she took made her choke. At last, he said, \"I have eaten and I am full. Now I am tired. Carry me into your little room and make your little silken bed ready. We will both lie down and go to sleep.",
"The princess started to cry. She was afraid of the cold frog. She did not want him to sleep in her nice, clean bed. But the king was angry. He said, \"You should be kind to the frog. He helped you when you were in trouble.\"\n\nSo, she picked him up with two fingers. She carried him upstairs and put him in a corner. But when she got into bed, the frog crept to her. He said, \"I am tired. I want to sleep in your bed, too. Lift me up, or I will tell your father.\"\n\nShe was very angry. She picked him up and threw him hard against the wall. \"Be quiet, you ugly frog!\" she said.\n\nBut when he fell down, he was not a frog anymore. He was a handsome prince with kind eyes.",
"Now he was her husband and lived happily with her father. He told her how a bad witch had put a spell on him. He said that only she could save him from the deep well. He promised that tomorrow they would go together to his beautiful kingdom.",
"Then they went to sleep. The next morning, the sun woke them up. A beautiful carriage drove up. It had eight white horses with soft white feathers on their heads. The horses were tied with shiny golden chains. Faithful Henry stood behind the carriage. He was the young king's servant. Faithful Henry had been very sad when his master became a frog. To keep his heart from breaking, he had put three strong iron bands around it. The carriage was going to take the young king back to his kingdom. Faithful Henry helped them get in. He sat behind them again. He felt so happy and relieved. As they drove along, the king's son heard a loud cracking sound behind him. It sounded like something had broken.",
"So he turned around and called out, \"Henry, the carriage is falling apart!\" \"No, my master, it is not the carriage. It is a band from my heart. It was put there when I was in great pain because you were a frog stuck in a deep well.\" Again and again, while they were on their way, something cracked. Each time, the prince thought the carriage was breaking, but it was only the bands springing from Faithful Henry's heart because his master was free and happy."
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