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Frog Prince's Diary
Jaden's diary
Day 46
Today
the kidnappers caught up to me. I lit the leaves on fire. Immediately
I had a nice row of roaring flames. Unfortunately only one stepped on
it, the other swines managed to turn about, with the princess. My
victim screamed and cursed, while hopping up and down on one foot. I
threw three flaming darts at him. While I was chasing him, the other
two escaped with the princess. What rotten luck. But at least I could
hunt down my victim and administer swift and well deserved
punishments!
Day 47
There
are still two kidnappers to go, and I am exhausted. What I need is a
horse. Well, anything that can carry me. Is Elaine really worth this?
Of course not! What had she ever done for me? If I don't think she is
worth this pain, why am I still following her? Ugh! Why can't I
answer my own questions?
Day 48
Ta Da!
I am now the proud owner of a beautiful reddish stead! The terrible
and dangerous squirrel! It's nice to relax on something soft while
charging through the forest. This time I'm not going to set a trap.
They will be expecting it. This time I am riding into battle, mounted
on my glorious steed. Please don't ask how I caught and tamed this
majestic stead. It's embarrassing and frankly I don't want to share
it! But I hope you are curious now! If frogs could look evil, that's
what I would look like at the moment.
Day 49
The sun
was already high in the sky when I charged up into the kidnappers
camp. The rotten no good sons of peasants had tied Elaine to a tree,
and weren't sharing food with her. She still looked haughty. A pity,
I had this ridiculous hope that she would have changed some. Oh well.
I forced my stead to leap at the nearest lout's face. He screamed
something about rabid squirrels. If I wasn't so busy stabbing at him
with my dagger, I would have covered the squirrel's ears. He was to
young to be hearing that kind of language. Anyway, what with a
squirrel clawing at his face, and my valiant sword stabbing at his
throat, he fell to the ground.
“It's
another possessed frog!” his companion screamed.
“It's
gotta be the same one!” he fallen companion screeched while trying
to shove me away. I hopped off the squirrel. He was doing fine,
ripping chunks out of the man's face. Then I leaped at the other man.
By the time I reached the spot he had been standing, he was long
gone. Racing through the forest for dear life. I raised my sword high
in the air and hopped after him.
Day 50
I
caught up to the man this morning and we battled. He tried to smash
me with a log, but I leaped over it and caught hold of his boot. He
slashed at me with his sword, and cut his own leg. He screamed, and
limped away. I followed, stabbing and shouting at him to surrender.
He wouldn't! By and by, a horseman came by, and hulled the
unfortunate man up beside him and the two of them bolted off. The new
man shouting at the other one, for being an idiot and fighting a
stupid frog.
“I
shall hunt you down, and justice shall be served!” I shouted
grandly after them, then added in a whisper, “Just as soon as I'm a
man again.”
Day 51
By the
time I arrived back in the camp, the other man was long gone. The
squirrel was sitting on its hunches, licking itself like a cat. I
grinned in a froggish sort of way, then patted him.
“You
are free to go.” I said gallantly. He ignored me. So I hopped over
to Elaine. A pity that she had been tied up to the tree for a few
days with nothing to eat. Maybe that would make her more mellow. But
for some reason she didn't look pleased to see me. Oh well, it's not
every day that your typical handsome prince is just a slimy little
frog. Besides I had left her alone, with nothing to eat. Can't say I
blame her much. Although a simple thank you would have done wonders.
“So
you came back?” she croaked. I cut her ropes and let her gorge
herself out of the kidnappers supply wagons.
“Tomorrow
we return you home!” I said, but she was to busy eating to listen.
To Be continued
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