In the 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 seemed her face . Next to the palace of the king was a great dark forest, and the forest under an old lime tree was a well, and when the day was quite hot, 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 into the air and caught it, and that was her favorite plaything.
Now it happened on one occasion that the king's daughter, the golden ball did not fall into their hands, which they had held in the air, but passing on to the ground and rolled into the water and straight into it. The king's daughter followed it with her eyes, but it vanished, and the well was deep, so deep that could not be seen. As she began to cry, and cried louder and louder, and could not be comforted. And as they thus lamented someone said to her: "What are you doing, Princess, do you weep so that even a stone would show pity." She looked around where the voice came, and saw a frog stretching forth its big, ugly head from the water. "Oh, it's you, old water-splasher," she said, "I am weeping for my golden ball, which has fallen into the well." - "Be still 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 like, dear frog," said she, "My clothes, my pearls and jewels, and even the golden crown which I am wearing." The frog replied, "Your clothes, your pearls and jewels, nor for your golden crown which I do not like: but if you love me, please, and let me be your companion and playmate, sit at your little table next to you, eat from your golden plate , drinking out of your cup, and sleep in your little bed if you promise me that I will go down and bring you your golden ball up again. " - "Oh yes," she said, "I promise you everything you want, if you bring me my ball back again." But she thought: What is this stupid frog! Sitting in the water with the other frogs, and croak and can be no human companion.
But the frog when he had received this promise, put his head under 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 again, picked it up and ran away with it. "Wait, wait," said the frog, "take me with you, I can not run as you can!" But what did it avail him that he would be Quack, Quack you croak as loud as he could! She did not hear it, but ran home and soon forgot the poor frog, who had descended to his well again.
The next day, as she sat with the king and all the courtiers themselves to the board and her golden plate ass, something came creeping splish splash, splish splash, up up crawling up the marble staircase, and when it had got to the top, it knocked at the door and cried, "Princess, youngest make, me!" She ran to see who was outside, but when she opened it, the frog was sitting in front. Then she slammed the door hastily, sat down at the table again, and it was quite frightened. The king saw plainly that her heart was beating violently, and said: "My child, what are you afraid of, is about a giant outside who wants to carry you?" - "Oh no," she replied, "It is no giant but a disgusting frog." - "What does the frog want with you?" -. "Ah, dear father, as I sat yesterday in the forest near the well, playing, my golden ball fell into the water And because I cried so, it has the frog brought it back, and because he so insisted, I promised him he should be my companion,.., but I never thought that he herauskönnte from his water Now he is out and wants to come to me " And already it knocked a second time, and cried:
"Princess, youngest princess,
Let me in,
Do not you know what yesterday
You said to me
In the cool water fountain?
Princess, youngest,
Let me out! "
Then the king said, "What you have promised that you also need to keep, just go on and do it." She went and opened the door, and the frog hopped in and followed her to the foot of, to her chair. There he sat and cried, "Lift me up beside you." She delayed, until at last the king ordered. When the frog was on the chair, he was on the table, and as he sat there, he said, "Now push your golden plate nearer to me that we may eat together." She did this, but you probably saw that they did not like it. The frog's let himself taste good, but almost every mouthful she took neck. Finally he said, "I stuffed myself and I'm tired, and now carry me in your room and make your little silken bed ready, and we want to go to sleep." The king's daughter began to cry and was afraid of the cold frog which she did not to touch, and which was now to sleep in her pretty, clean little bed. The king became angry and said, "Who helped you when you were in trouble, thou shalt not afterwards to be despised." And she caught him with two fingers, carried him upstairs, and put him into a corner. But as she lay in bed he crept to her and said, "I'm tired, I want to sleep as well as you: Lift me up, or I'll tell your father." Since it was only bitter, and took him up and threw him with all her might against the wall, "Now will you be quiet, odious frog."
But when he fell down he was no frog but a king's son with kind and beautiful eyes. Who was now after her father's will, her dear companion and husband. Then he told her how he had been bewitched by a wicked witch, and no one could have delivered him from the well but herself, and tomorrow they would go together into his kingdom. Then they fell asleep, and the next morning when the sun awoke, came driving a carriage, drawn by eight white horses, which had white ostrich feathers on their heads, and were harnessed with golden chains, and behind stood the servant of the young king, the Faithful Henry had. Faithful Henry had been so unhappy when his master was changed into a frog, that he had three iron bands around his heart, lest it should burst with grief and sadness. The carriage was to conduct the young king into his kingdom of the faithful Henry lifted into both, placed himself behind again, and was full of joy because of this deliverance.
And when they had gone a little way, the prince heard that a cracking behind him as if something had broken. Then he turned and shouted:
"Henry, the carriage is breaking!"
"No, sir, not the carriage
There is a band from my heart,
It was put there in great pain,
As your imprisoned in the well,
As your wast a Fretsche (Frog) (waiting). "
Again and again it crashed on the way, and the King's son thought the carriage was breaking, and 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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