A
Frog Prince's Diary
Jaden's diary
Day 42
It was
nightfall when I hopped into an open window of a hunting shack, found
some rope and brought it to the trail. I know there won't always be a
shack handy to get tools from, but I shall take advantage of it, when
there is.
I
climbed up into a tree, by doing a lot of hopping, bouncing and
detouring. I would do anything for a nice pair of hands. Have you
ever tried to climb a tree, while carrying a rope and tie a knot,
with webbed feet? It's not even half as easy as it sounds, believe
me! I hopped up onto a bush, while carrying one of the rope in my
mouth. From the bush, I hopped to a low hanging branch. I heard that
some kind of frogs live in trees, but I know that is just a bunch of
oily rust! Frogs don't climb! I ought to know! I am a frog! I got up
to the top of the tree, and tied that miserable rope in a sailors
knot, nearly breaking my neck in the process. Once the rope was tied,
I slid down the rope to the ground. Then I pulled it back. Have you
ever tried pulling down the branch of a tree, while being no bigger
then an average kitten? Sure, I was a big frog, but I was only a big
frog, not a giant! Once the snare was set, I collapsed. I was
completely ready to die! And for what? A spoiled rotten princess, who
deserved a spanking!
Day 43
I awoke
to a loud yelled and snapping noise, followed by a massive crunch, as
if something big and smashed into something else and broken. I
blinked, the first streaks of dawn were just appearing on the
horizon. But I hadn't come to admire the sunrise. A massive man was
swinging from one end of my snare, two other massive men were dancing
around him, trying to catch him, I suppose. Three other men had
Elaine, bound and gagged between them. I drew my knife. It was time
to fight. I launched into the air, caught the swinging man by one of
his flailing arms and stabbed at his neck as I swung passed it. There
was a gurgling noise. Red dribbled from his wound. Then I realized
that he had already died. Probably broken his neck when he struck the
tree. What a disappointment! By the time I leaped to the next man,
Elaine's three captors were disappearing into the trees and I was
left with the two big ones.
“Oh
come on!” I grumbled. After all my hard work, all I got was a dead
body and two ruffians to fight.
“Why,
ish a froggy.” one of them slurred.
“Yeah
in ish talking!” the other hooted. He reached down and picked me up
by one leg. My day just wasn't getting any better. I was a good deal
to close to his breath, which smelled like a barrel of very old very
stale bear. Besides, being held by one leg is a painful process. The
one thing useful for being in that humiliating situation was that I
was literally in his face. I stabbed, then went flying through the
air as he bellowed and screamed.
Whoever
the kidnapper was, he should have been ashamed of himself. Who would
be stupid enough to hire three henchmen that were weak enough to be
killed by a frog? I seriously did leave them gasping out their last
breaths in the clearing. I didn't waste much time on sorrow either.
There was a law about drinking in the kingdom! Someone had to punish
the drunks!
Day 44
Guess
where I am today? Right! In the forest chasing the kidnappers again!
If Elaine doesn't kiss me when this is over with, I will do something
drastic! I feel as if I earned my human shape back, twice over! Will
this hunt never end?
Day 45
I am
past the kidnappers again. Sure enough there was no shack waiting for
me at my set ambush place, so I decided to play with fire. I
collected several sharp twigs. Then I stabbed them into the ground,
in a nice little row. Actually it was a long row. I cleared aside the
grass and weeds in thirty foot row. Then I pounded the sharp twigs in
the ground. I also feel like I should mention that I do have a plan
here, I'm just not sharing it! Once all the twigs were set up, a put
try leaves and bits of grass around them, until you couldn't see the
twigs at all. Then I went to one end of the pile, and used two rocks
to get a tiny spark of a fire going. It was a small fire for me, but
it would have been literally invisible to any human. I carefully
tended it, making sure it grew no bigger or smaller. I had a great
plan!
To Be Continued
~E
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