This is the fairy tale that we should have been
reading as little girls!
Once upon a time,
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in a land far away,
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beautiful, independent,
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self-assured princess
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happened upon a frog as she sat,
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contemplating ecological issues
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on the shores of an unpolluted pond
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in a verdant meadow near her castle.
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The frog hopped into the princess' lap
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and said: Elegant Lady,
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I was once a handsome prince,
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until an evil witch cast a spell upon me.
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One kiss from you, however,
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and I will turn back
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into the dapper, young prince that I am
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and then, my sweet, we can marry
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and set up housekeeping in your castle
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with my mother,
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where you can prepare my meals,
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clean my clothes, bear my children,
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and forever
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feel grateful and happy doing so.
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That night,
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as the princess dined sumptuously
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on lightly sautéed frog legs
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seasoned in a white wine
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and onion cream sauce,
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she chuckled and thought to herself:
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I don't fucking think so.
** Thanks Lois for cheering me up with this e-mail!
26 September 2005
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4 comments:
1. i think you have a spammer on the previous comment.
2. thanks for that one e-mail share! i laughed with delight!
hmm definitely a spammer....go to word verify, it works better than Blogger users only.
Great story.
I wonder what happened next.
I have just found your blog through Sandmonkey, i think. An Arab blogger anyway. I've only just started reading but I loved this. Good luck w your move, I do hope it's the beginning of life as you've wanted it.
[You can turn on Word Verification for comments and thus avoid spam. One day I had 27 of these inane comments.]
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