A Frog

"Father, father! I have found the prince to whom I want to marry."
"Where is he?"
"Well, I'll show him to you after the dinner."
"Why?"
"Well…"
"Say it!"
"Very well. You see, he is enchanted. Now, he is a giant frog. He lives in the pond in our palace. I have to kiss him and he will become the prince again. I wanted to bring him today, but did not find him in the pond. I think he leaped to some place near there. I will go out now and find him. He wanted so much to meet you."

"Oh I will meet him. Of course I will, but only after the dinner. Servant, call the main dinner-preparer."
"Father, it is called chef."
"Chef, shmef, just call him here! …Are you a chef?"
"The chef, your majesty."
"Very well, what surprise do you have for us today?"
"Your majesty, today I had some spare time at last and walked around the pond in your yard."
"And? Why should I be interested in what you do in you spare unspare time?"
"Your majesty…"
"Stop it! Do not cry! I hate the wetness of it. Stop it. Now, now. Everything is well. I am not angry with you, just answer the question."
"Your majesty, I... well... I have found the most majestical frog. I know how our princess likes frogs, so I prepared frog legs in the mustard souse. Can I bring it now?"

The princess answered by fainting…

After some minutes, she opened her eyes and began to shout on the chef:
"Murderer! You killed my prince."

Suddenly she heard:

"Ribbit!"

"How dare you to laugh at me, you, fat silly murderer?"

But then, she saw a giant frog jumping through the open door and towards the princess.
She caught it and kissed, and, phew, here was her prince.
She kissed him too and the prince became the frog once more.

She stopped and looked at the frog. She asked him what to do, and understood that she should kiss him once more.

This time, she didn't kiss the prince who appeared instead of the frog.

"Oh my princess. Wait! Don't kiss me. We have first to kill the witch. We should look in the pond. She lives there as another big frog."

The chef raised his hand hesitantly asking to speak.

"Yes, good man, whoever you are, please speak", said the prince.

"You see, I've caught the big frog you have told us about. Do you want to see it?"

This evening everybody feasted on frog legs, and after all was eaten, the princess kissed the prince, who, this time, stayed human forever.

And they lived happily, and ate a lot of frog legs and had a lot of children, to whom they would tell night stories about witches and frogs.
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Once in the evening, two men on horses approached the palace. They stopped near the huge oak door with carved pictures of kings, princesses, pools and frogs. They looked at each other to see if other understands the story that appeared on the door, but hunger pains did not allow them to stay outside for a long and they knocked on the door. When the butler came out to see who came at such late hour, the two men asked to come in to freshen up while their horses rested a little. The prince and the princess welcomed them and invited them to dinner at the palace. Then, together with other guests who were already there, the two men heard a story of the frog's escape from the pool, a meeting with the princess and the great rescue that ended with a meal the witch's feet as the main dish.

When the two guests expressed a desire to leave, the Prince came to accompany them to the door and asked for their names.
"Grimm Brothers, Your Highness."
"Are you not those famous brothers who write fairy tales?"
"Yes, it's a compliment for us that you know about us.
"Well, anyone who has children has heard about Grimm Brothers, you know, I want to ask you something: I've always wanted to know where do you take your tales from."
"We invent them, Your Majesty, we invent." The brothers winked and smiled to each other without the Prince seeing it. “Always.” Were their last words.