She did so, and the frog hopped into the room, and then straight on - tap, tap - plash, plash
- from the bottom of the room to the top, till he came up close to the table where the princess
sat.
'Pray lift me upon chair,' said he to the princess, 'and let me
sit next to you.'
As soon as she had done this, the frog said, 'Put your plate
nearer to me, that I may eat out of it.'
This she did, and when he had eaten as much as he could,
he said, 'Now I am tired; carry me upstairs, and put me into
your bed.' And the princess, though very unwilling, took him
up in her hand, and put him upon the pillow of her own bed, where he slept all night long.
As soon as it was light the frog jumped up, hopped downstairs, and went out of the house.
'Now, then,' thought the princess, 'at last he is gone, and I shall be troubled with him no
more.'
But she was mistaken; for when night came again she heard the same tapping at the door;
and the frog came once more, and said:
'Open the door, my princess dear,
Open the door to thy true love here!
And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.'
And when the princess opened the door the frog came in, and slept upon her pillow as
before, till the morning broke. And the third night he did the same. But when the princess
awoke on the following morning she was astonished to see, instead of the frog, a handsome
prince, gazing on her with the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen and standing at the head
of her bed.
He told her that he had been enchanted by a spiteful fairy, who had changed him into a
frog; and that he had been fated so to abide till some princess should take him out of the
spring, and let him eat from her plate, and sleep upon her bed for three nights.
She did so, and the frog hopped into the room, and then straight on - tap, tap - plash, plash
- from the bottom of the room to the top, till he came up close to the table where the princess
sat.
'Pray lift me upon chair,' said he to the princess, 'and let me
sit next to you.'
As soon as she had done this, the frog said, 'Put your plate
nearer to me, that I may eat out of it.'
This she did, and when he had eaten as much as he could,
he said, 'Now I am tired; carry me upstairs, and put me into
your bed.' And the princess, though very unwilling, took him
up in her hand, and put him upon the pillow of her own bed, where he slept all night long.
As soon as it was light the frog jumped up, hopped downstairs, and went out of the house.
'Now, then,' thought the princess, 'at last he is gone, and I shall be troubled with him no
more.'
But she was mistaken; for when night came again she heard the same tapping at the door;
and the frog came once more, and said:
'Open the door, my princess dear,
Open the door to thy true love here!
And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.'
And when the princess opened the door the frog came in, and slept upon her pillow as
before, till the morning broke. And the third night he did the same. But when the princess
awoke on the following morning she was astonished to see, instead of the frog, a handsome
prince, gazing on her with the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen and standing at the head
of her bed.
He told her that he had been enchanted by a spiteful fairy, who had changed him into a
frog; and that he had been fated so to abide till some princess should take him out of the
spring, and let him eat from her plate, and sleep upon her bed for three nights.
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