stories:frogking
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Close by the King's castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest, was a fountain. 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 dull she took a golden ball, and threw it up in the air and caught it. And this ball was her favorite plaything. | Close by the King's castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest, was a fountain. 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 dull she took a golden ball, and threw it up in the air and caught it. And this ball was her favorite plaything. | ||
- | Now, it so happened one day, the King's Daughter' | + | Now, it so happened one day, the King's Daughter' |
And as she thus lamented, some one said to her, "What ails you, King's Daughter? You weep so that even a stone would show pity." | And as she thus lamented, some one 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 its thick, ugly head from the water. "Ah! old water-splasher, | + | She looked round to the side from whence the voice came, and saw a [[:animal#Frog]] stretching its thick, ugly head from the water. "Ah! old water-splasher, |
"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?" | "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?" |
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