Kathy writes under the name Joy Everafter.
Life as a
frog was woeful and Francis wasn’t going to miss this chance to change back to
human form. He hung on tight to the
pretty girl’s shoulder. “You’re a
princess, aren’t you? The crown’s a dead
give-away.” He pursed his lips. “I need a kiss, quick.”
“Get off me,
Frog.” The princess prised him off and
stood.
Couldn’t she
see he wasn’t a frog? Francis hopped up
and grabbed at her skirt hem. Oops, he
got green on it.
“It’s okay, I’m a
prince. Prince Francis of Olden. You kiss me, whammo, I turn back.” And the sooner the better. He’d been dodging foxes and weasels all afternoon
and he’d never survive a night out here.
“Master
Frog, you’ve been bewitched.” She wasn’t
even looking at him, she was lifting a stick off the ground.
“Of course
I’ve been bewitched! I mean, how often
do you meet a talking frog?”
She lay on
the low stone wall and circled her stick in the well. All she was thinking about was her Golden
Orb.
He bounced
up and down beside her. “I need you to
turn me back into a prince. It’s a
matter of life and death.”
She didn’t
even turn to look at him. “If you were a
true prince—” she said, wetting her arm to the shoulder as she prodded the
well, “—you’d have a crown.”
“I get
turned into a frog and I’m supposed to put on a crown?”
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