FROG PRINCE

FROG PRINCE



The young princess took her ball,
Golden ball,
Golden ball,
Played all day in the woods.

The ball fell in a deep well,
The deep well,
The deep well.
The princess cried and cried.

Then there came an ugly frog,
Slimy frog,
Slimy frog,
Who told her not to cry.

He said “I will get the ball,
Your own ball,
Your own ball,
But, you must promise this:

You will eat and drink with me,
Play with me,
Play with me,
And let me feel your bed.”

She said “yes”, the frog brought out,
Soon brought out,
Soon brought out,
The ball from the deep well.

Then the princess took the ball
And went home
And went home
While the frog called her back.

But at night the frog came back,
He knocked hard,
He knocked hard,
At the door of her room.

Now, in fact, the proud princess
Hated him
Hated him
And did not let him in.

At this the king scolded her
And told her
And told her
She must keep her promise.

Then the princess called the frog,
Fed the frog,
Fed the frog,
And put him in her bed.

In the morning she got up
And looked up
And looked up
But did not find the frog.

In his place she found a prince,
Charming prince,
Charming prince,
Who looked and smiled at her.

He told her a wicked witch,
Crooked witch,
Crooked witch,
Had made a frog of him.

The King, the Princess, the Prince,
The Frog Prince,
The Frog Prince,
Were happy thereafter.


* Written as per the original Frog Prince fairy tale, available at http://childhoodreading.com/Edmund_Dulac_and_Gus/Magic_Jewel.html.
* Written in 7,3,3,6 meter
* My other poems for children are at:
CHILDREN'S CORNER, "CHILDREN'S CORNER" 
SCIENCE, MEDICAL, LAW, HUMOR, CHILDREN, "SCIENCE, MEDICAL, LAW, HUMOR, CHILDREN" 


M C Gupta
22 May 2004