The Frog Prince青蛙王子

范麗萍

漂亮的小公主不小心將心愛的金球掉落井里，井里一只丑陋的青蛙愿意幫忙撿金球。但是，它要求小公主做它的朋友，它要用公主的金盤子吃飯，用公主的小杯子喝酒，晚上還要睡公主的小床。為了得到青蛙的幫助，重新得到金球，公主答應了青蛙的要求。小公主最終會兌現自己的諾言嗎？這只丑陋的青蛙到底是誰呢？Lets read the story.

There is a king. He has several beautiful princesses.

His little princess is the most beautiful.

King： My dear daughter， you are so lovely and beautiful！ I love you.

Princess： Thank you， dad. I love you， too. Im very happy. Everything is very nice. This is my golden ball. I like it so much！

several 幾個；princess 公主；everything 每件事物；

golden ball 金球

One day， the golden ball falls into a well.

The princess is crying. An ugly frog appears.

Frog： Dear Princess， why are you crying？

Princess： My golden ball！ Its in the well. I cant get it.

Frog： Dont cry. I can help you.

Princess： You？ Really？

Frog： Yes.

fall into 掉進；

well井；

cry 哭泣；

ugly 丑陋的；

appear 出現

Frog： If I get the ball to you， what will you give me？

Princess： Whatever. My jewels， my

clothes， even my golden crown.

Frog： I dont want them. Please let me play with you， sit by you， eat with your plate and sleep on your bed.

Princess： Oh， yes. I promise.

Frog： This is your ball. Here you are.

Princess： My golden ball！ Great！ Thank you.

Frog： Wait！ Wait for me！ Take me with you.

whatever 無論什么；jewel珠寶；crown皇冠；promise許諾；wait 等待

The frog shouts loudly out of the palace.

Frog： Little Princess， open the door， please. Do you remember what you promised？

King： My dear daughter， what happened？

Princess： The frog helped me in the daylight. It wants to be my companion.

King： You promised it. You should make good on the promise.

Princess： OK.

shout叫喊；

loudly大聲地；

palace 宮殿；

daylight 白天；

companion 伙伴；

make good on 兌現

The Little Princess opens the door. The frog jumps in.

Frog： Please eat with me. Take me to the table.

I want to use your beautiful golden plate.

I am full. Please take me to your soft bed.

Princess： No. You are so dirty！

King： Dont do that. Take it to your bed.

jump跳躍；

full飽的；

soft柔軟的；

dirty臟的

Suddenly， the frog turns into a handsome prince.

Princess： Wow！ You are so handsome！

Prince： Im not a frog. Im a prince. A witch turned me into a frog. Only you can help me.

Princess： Dear Prince， Id like to be your companion. You are the Frog Prince.

The Frog Prince takes Little Princess to his kingdom. They live together happily.

suddenly突然地；turn into變成；handsome英俊的；prince王子；witch 女巫；kingdom王國

（本欄目插圖：海 濤）