1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: Welcome back friends to short stories for kids. 2 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 2: Princess Pee and the Talking Frog. One day, in the 3 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:27,079 Great Kingdom of Vegetable Land, Princess Pea sat at her mirror, 4 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:32,119 brushing her bright green hair. She was a very privileged princess. 5 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,280 She had her own tower, horse drawn carriage, and even 6 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,399 her own staff that would rustle up any snack whenever 7 00:00:39,439 --> 00:00:44,240 she wanted. But Princess pe was never satisfied with anything. 8 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:49,479 In the next village, Princess carrot Top had everything she had, 9 00:00:49,799 --> 00:00:55,079 but also long flowing red hair. Princess pe wished she 10 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,920 had long flowing red hair. It was so much better 11 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,280 than green hair. She was so bored of it. She 12 00:01:03,479 --> 00:01:06,359 often wondered what it must be like to have red hair. 13 00:01:06,879 --> 00:01:10,879 It looked so healthy and full. It just wasn't fair. 14 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:15,120 Princess p asked her father, King P if she could 15 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,599 dye her hair red, Why would you want to do 16 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,319 a thing like that, he replied, in his royal voice, 17 00:01:23,439 --> 00:01:27,879 I want to look different, she moaned, But I love 18 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:32,879 you just how you are, said King P. Humph. Princess 19 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,799 p grunted and stormed out of the castle. She snuck 20 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,000 past the castle guards and jumped over the castle wall 21 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,640 to the forest outside the grounds. As she approached the 22 00:01:43,719 --> 00:01:49,079 old swamp, she heard a little voice singing, lily pad, Oh, 23 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:54,000 lily pad, I'll be glad to find a lily pad Rubert. 24 00:01:54,799 --> 00:01:58,640 What an odd, croaky little voice, she thought. Princess P 25 00:01:58,879 --> 00:02:02,400 looked around to find its owner. Another verse of the 26 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:07,319 strange song was sung from somewhere close, swimming through the 27 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:12,199 swamp left and right, eating up flies. That's all right, 28 00:02:12,879 --> 00:02:16,680 I'm not a cat or a dog. I'm your local 29 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:23,120 talking frog. Ribbitt, Princess P gasped loudly, then slapped a 30 00:02:23,199 --> 00:02:26,319 hand over her mouth. She heard a legend that if 31 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,800 you catch a talking frog, he'd give you three wishes. 32 00:02:30,759 --> 00:02:33,280 She could use those wishes to help with her green 33 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:38,360 hair problem. Princess P ducked down and slinked around the swamp, 34 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,800 trying to see the talking frog. Then she stopped in 35 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:47,039 her tracks. There he was, sitting on a log opposite 36 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,599 next to the old swamp. Princess P got on her 37 00:02:50,719 --> 00:02:53,960 hands and knees and crawled around to the other side 38 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,560 of the swamp with speed. The little talking frog was 39 00:02:57,599 --> 00:03:00,520 in front of her now. He was about to sing 40 00:03:00,599 --> 00:03:04,560 another line from his song when Princess pe pounced. She 41 00:03:04,719 --> 00:03:08,000 grabbed the shocked little frog. As he wriggled and writhed, 42 00:03:08,319 --> 00:03:12,560 slipped and slid out of her hands. Princess Pea somehow 43 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,319 managed to keep her grip on the little green creature 44 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,840 and held him tightly in her locked palms. Let me go, 45 00:03:20,479 --> 00:03:26,360 let me go, ribbet, the talking frog cried. Ah. Princess 46 00:03:26,439 --> 00:03:30,520 pe laughed cockly. You have to give me three wishes. 47 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:36,759 Oh no, said the talking frog. Another girl with delusions. 48 00:03:36,759 --> 00:03:40,840 I can give her three wishes. It's always the humans 49 00:03:40,879 --> 00:03:46,039 that want three wishes. Ribbet. No, fair, said Princess p 50 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,479 That's how the legend goes. If you ever catch a 51 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,159 talking frog, he'll give you three wishes unless he escapes 52 00:03:53,199 --> 00:03:57,800 to the bog. Oh, said the talking frog, rolling his 53 00:03:57,919 --> 00:04:02,879 eyes on top of his head. You know the rhyme. Okay, okay, 54 00:04:03,479 --> 00:04:07,879 let's get this over with, ribbet. The talking frog cleared 55 00:04:07,879 --> 00:04:12,879 his throat. Tell me, dashing young princess, what wish you'd 56 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,560 like best? I want red hair, just like Princess carrot top. 57 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:23,879 The talking frog shrugged, wish granted ribbet. There was a 58 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,279 puff of smoke around Princess pa and she looked into 59 00:04:27,319 --> 00:04:30,800 her reflection in the old swamp. She let out another 60 00:04:31,079 --> 00:04:36,120 loud gasp. The wish had been granted. She had red hair. 61 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:41,639 It worked, It worked, she cheered, it did it did, 62 00:04:42,319 --> 00:04:47,319 the talking frog said dully, pretending to be enthusiastic. Now 63 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,480 we must go into town so I can show off 64 00:04:49,519 --> 00:04:53,160 my new hair to everyone I meet. Princess Pe took 65 00:04:53,199 --> 00:04:55,720 the little talking frog and put him in the front 66 00:04:55,759 --> 00:04:59,920 pocket of her dress, then walked into town. Princess P 67 00:05:00,079 --> 00:05:03,279 he paraded past some of the other girls of Vegetable 68 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,519 Land with her nose in the air. She was proud 69 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,759 of her new red hair, but as she passed them, 70 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,800 she could hear the girls giggling. What are they so 71 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,839 happy about, Princess Pe snapped. More girls walked past, and 72 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:23,040 they giggled too. Princess P heard one of them say 73 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:28,120 she has red hair and a green complexion. How odd. 74 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,680 Princess Pe let out a low growl. I don't want 75 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,439 to look odd. I want to look as beautiful as 76 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,480 Princess Carrot Top. She grabbed the talking frog from the 77 00:05:39,519 --> 00:05:44,120 front of her dress. Hey, take it easy, rivet and said, 78 00:05:44,759 --> 00:05:48,560 filthy creature from swamps and slop, make me look like 79 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:54,439 Carrot Top. The princess, the talking frog said, with little enthusiasm. 80 00:05:55,199 --> 00:05:59,439 Of course, the princess, Princess P snapped at him. The 81 00:05:59,519 --> 00:06:05,199 talking frog shrugged and said, wish number two granted. There 82 00:06:05,319 --> 00:06:08,959 was another puff of smoke, and Princess Pe ran to 83 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,480 the fountain in the town square to look at her 84 00:06:11,519 --> 00:06:16,759 reflection in its ripples. She gasped again, even louder than 85 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:23,360 the first two times. She looked like Princess carrat Top. Perfect, perfect, 86 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:28,319 She cried and kissed the talking frog. Luck, he said, 87 00:06:28,519 --> 00:06:32,120 wiping the spot she had kissed him on, Take it easy. 88 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:36,680 Princess Pe paraded past more girls, and after a few 89 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:41,519 minutes she could hear more giggling. Look at her red 90 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,240 hair in that glowing complexion. Who does she think she 91 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:50,879 is Princess carrat Top. Princess PE clenched her fists tightly 92 00:06:50,959 --> 00:06:56,839 and growled, ah, how rude. Well they do have a point, 93 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:01,319 the talking frog said. You used to be unique, you 94 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,839 had your own thing going on. You were Princes s P. 95 00:07:05,399 --> 00:07:09,079 But now you look like Princess carrat Top. What's with 96 00:07:09,199 --> 00:07:14,120 that ribbitt Princess P couldn't answer the talking frog. He 97 00:07:14,279 --> 00:07:17,959 was right, she was so worried about looking like someone else, 98 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,240 that now she didn't look like the one person she 99 00:07:21,399 --> 00:07:26,480 used to be herself. Princess P never thought she was unique, 100 00:07:26,759 --> 00:07:30,279 but by trying to be someone else, she understood why 101 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:35,399 being yourself was so important. There's only ever one of you, 102 00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:39,720 and you should enjoy it every day. Everyone was special, 103 00:07:40,079 --> 00:07:45,079 even she with her green hair and green skin. Princess 104 00:07:45,199 --> 00:07:47,879 P asked the talking frog if she could take him 105 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,199 back to the swamp and if she could use her 106 00:07:50,279 --> 00:07:54,519 last wish to become herself again for the first time 107 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,759 since meeting the talking frog. He looked up at her 108 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:02,399 and smiled, I that would be the best wish of all. 109 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,199 Back at the swamp, Princess P made the wish and 110 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:09,759 turned back to her old self. She told the talking 111 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:14,040 frog she'd learned a very important lesson that day. You 112 00:08:14,079 --> 00:08:17,360 shouldn't wish your life away trying to be someone else. 113 00:08:17,959 --> 00:08:22,240 You should be yourself. And that knowledge is better than 114 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,839 any of my magic I could ever give you, said 115 00:08:25,879 --> 00:08:30,040 the talking frog. He leaped into the swamp and Princess 116 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:34,000 P snuck back into the castle. She ran into her father. 117 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:38,639 Still want to dye your hair red like Princess Carrat top. 118 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:44,440 He asked no, Princess P replied, I'm happy being me, 119 00:08:45,320 --> 00:09:17,759 just the way it should be. The end.