FROG PRINCE--Editor's choice

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.

At night the frog did come back,
Did come back,
Did come back
And knocked hard at her door.


Now, in fact, the proud princess
Disliked him
Disliked 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 on 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
* Showcased in Poetry Newsletter dated 4 September 2013.
* 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