Speaker 1: Welcome back friends to short stories for kids.
Speaker 2: Princess Pee and the Talking Frog. One day, in the
Great Kingdom of Vegetable Land, Princess Pea sat at her mirror,
brushing her bright green hair. She was a very privileged princess.
She had her own tower, horse drawn carriage, and even
her own staff that would rustle up any snack whenever
she wanted. But Princess pe was never satisfied with anything.
In the next village, Princess carrot Top had everything she had,
but also long flowing red hair. Princess pe wished she
had long flowing red hair. It was so much better
than green hair. She was so bored of it. She
often wondered what it must be like to have red hair.
It looked so healthy and full. It just wasn't fair.
Princess p asked her father, King P if she could
dye her hair red, Why would you want to do
a thing like that, he replied, in his royal voice,
I want to look different, she moaned, But I love
you just how you are, said King P. Humph. Princess
p grunted and stormed out of the castle. She snuck
past the castle guards and jumped over the castle wall
to the forest outside the grounds. As she approached the
old swamp, she heard a little voice singing, lily pad, Oh,
lily pad, I'll be glad to find a lily pad Rubert.
What an odd, croaky little voice, she thought. Princess P
looked around to find its owner. Another verse of the
strange song was sung from somewhere close, swimming through the
swamp left and right, eating up flies. That's all right,
I'm not a cat or a dog. I'm your local
talking frog. Ribbitt, Princess P gasped loudly, then slapped a
hand over her mouth. She heard a legend that if
you catch a talking frog, he'd give you three wishes.
She could use those wishes to help with her green
hair problem. Princess P ducked down and slinked around the swamp,
trying to see the talking frog. Then she stopped in
her tracks. There he was, sitting on a log opposite
next to the old swamp. Princess P got on her
hands and knees and crawled around to the other side
of the swamp with speed. The little talking frog was
in front of her now. He was about to sing
another line from his song when Princess pe pounced. She
grabbed the shocked little frog. As he wriggled and writhed,
slipped and slid out of her hands. Princess Pea somehow
managed to keep her grip on the little green creature
and held him tightly in her locked palms. Let me go,
let me go, ribbet, the talking frog cried. Ah. Princess
pe laughed cockly. You have to give me three wishes.
Oh no, said the talking frog. Another girl with delusions.
I can give her three wishes. It's always the humans
that want three wishes. Ribbet. No, fair, said Princess p
That's how the legend goes. If you ever catch a
talking frog, he'll give you three wishes unless he escapes
to the bog. Oh, said the talking frog, rolling his
eyes on top of his head. You know the rhyme. Okay, okay,
let's get this over with, ribbet. The talking frog cleared
his throat. Tell me, dashing young princess, what wish you'd
like best? I want red hair, just like Princess carrot top.
The talking frog shrugged, wish granted ribbet. There was a
puff of smoke around Princess pa and she looked into
her reflection in the old swamp. She let out another
loud gasp. The wish had been granted. She had red hair.
It worked, It worked, she cheered, it did it did,
the talking frog said dully, pretending to be enthusiastic. Now
we must go into town so I can show off
my new hair to everyone I meet. Princess Pe took
the little talking frog and put him in the front
pocket of her dress, then walked into town. Princess P
he paraded past some of the other girls of Vegetable
Land with her nose in the air. She was proud
of her new red hair, but as she passed them,
she could hear the girls giggling. What are they so
happy about, Princess Pe snapped. More girls walked past, and
they giggled too. Princess P heard one of them say
she has red hair and a green complexion. How odd.
Princess Pe let out a low growl. I don't want
to look odd. I want to look as beautiful as
Princess Carrot Top. She grabbed the talking frog from the
front of her dress. Hey, take it easy, rivet and said,
filthy creature from swamps and slop, make me look like
Carrot Top. The princess, the talking frog said, with little enthusiasm.
Of course, the princess, Princess P snapped at him. The
talking frog shrugged and said, wish number two granted. There
was another puff of smoke, and Princess Pe ran to
the fountain in the town square to look at her
reflection in its ripples. She gasped again, even louder than
the first two times. She looked like Princess carrat Top. Perfect, perfect,
She cried and kissed the talking frog. Luck, he said,
wiping the spot she had kissed him on, Take it easy.
Princess Pe paraded past more girls, and after a few
minutes she could hear more giggling. Look at her red
hair in that glowing complexion. Who does she think she
is Princess carrat Top. Princess PE clenched her fists tightly
and growled, ah, how rude. Well they do have a point,
the talking frog said. You used to be unique, you
had your own thing going on. You were Princes s P.
But now you look like Princess carrat Top. What's with
that ribbitt Princess P couldn't answer the talking frog. He
was right, she was so worried about looking like someone else,
that now she didn't look like the one person she
used to be herself. Princess P never thought she was unique,
but by trying to be someone else, she understood why
being yourself was so important. There's only ever one of you,
and you should enjoy it every day. Everyone was special,
even she with her green hair and green skin. Princess
P asked the talking frog if she could take him
back to the swamp and if she could use her
last wish to become herself again for the first time
since meeting the talking frog. He looked up at her
and smiled, I that would be the best wish of all.
Back at the swamp, Princess P made the wish and
turned back to her old self. She told the talking
frog she'd learned a very important lesson that day. You
shouldn't wish your life away trying to be someone else.
You should be yourself. And that knowledge is better than
any of my magic I could ever give you, said
the talking frog. He leaped into the swamp and Princess
P snuck back into the castle. She ran into her father.
Still want to dye your hair red like Princess Carrat top.
He asked no, Princess P replied, I'm happy being me,
just the way it should be. The end.