One of my old cloth dolls moving on to a new home is the Princess and the Frog, made some time around 1990. But before she goes, I wanted to take some nice photos, since I don't really have any to remember her by. So I thought I'd shoot a small part of the story....
One fine day, the Princess was out in her garden....
One fine day, the Princess was out in her garden....
..when she accidentally dropped her golden ball into the fountain....
She didn't want to get her hands (or sleeves) wet.
"Oh dear, now what do I do?"
"Oh dear, now what do I do?"
Then she heard a little voice...
"What's the matter? Can I be of help?"
"What's the matter? Can I be of help?"
"I dropped my ball in the fountain, and can't really reach in and take it out."
"Well, I can get it out for you, but I want something in exchange."
"Well, I can get it out for you, but I want something in exchange."
"Like what?"
The frog was really an enchanted Prince, and he was hoping this Princess would finally be able to break the spell, and return him to his human form....
"I want you to take me into the castle with you, to eat at the table with you, and sleep in the same room as you, and to live in the castle with you forever..."
"I want you to take me into the castle with you, to eat at the table with you, and sleep in the same room as you, and to live in the castle with you forever..."
Well, the Princess wasn't really listening. She just wanted her ball back, so she agreed.
So the frog dived into the fountain...
So the frog dived into the fountain...
...and a few moments later, came up with her golden ball...
'Here you go, Princess..."
"Now pick me up, and take me into the palace with you..."
But she had no intention of keeping her promise...
...and ran back to the castle with her ball, leaving the frog to find his own way.
When the frog arrived, the guards called the King, who asked his daughter if she had really promised to take the frog home with her. When she said that she did, her father insisted that she had to keep her promise, and she was reluctantly forced to let the frog sit with her at dinner....
When the frog arrived, the guards called the King, who asked his daughter if she had really promised to take the frog home with her. When she said that she did, her father insisted that she had to keep her promise, and she was reluctantly forced to let the frog sit with her at dinner....
The frog disgusted her, and she just kept thinking of some way to get out of her side of the bargain.
As the rest of the story goes, the Princess reluctantly followed through on her promises - mostly because the King insisted that she had to. After all a promise is a promise.
With time she grew to actually like him, and they became good friends. Then one day she gave him a kiss, and the spell was broken, and he returned to his normal human self, and the two of them lived happily ever after. Or so the story goes. But we'll just have to imagine the ending, since I didn't shoot that part, because there was only so much I could do with these two characters.
With time she grew to actually like him, and they became good friends. Then one day she gave him a kiss, and the spell was broken, and he returned to his normal human self, and the two of them lived happily ever after. Or so the story goes. But we'll just have to imagine the ending, since I didn't shoot that part, because there was only so much I could do with these two characters.
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