lior经典英文故事-青蛙王子The Frog Prince

2021年1月11日发(作者：鲁坚)
The Frog Prince


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 play thing.

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,
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.
you,
well.
will you give me if I bring your play thing up again?
dear frog,
crown which I am wearing.
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.


back again.
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 play thing once more, and picked it up, and ran away with it.
wait,
avail him to scream his croak, croak, after her, as loudly as he could. She did