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Alternative fairy tale
2005-05-18 // 10:08 p.m.
>> This is a fairy tale that we should have been reading as little girls!
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>>>
>>>> Once upon a time,
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>>>> in a land far away,
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>>>> a beautiful, independent,
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>>>> self-assured princess
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>>>> happened upon a frog as she sat,
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>>>> contemplating ecological issues
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>>>> on the shores of an unpolluted pond
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>>>> in a verdant meadow near her castle.
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>>>> The frog hopped into the princess' lap
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>>>> and said: Elegant Lady,
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>>>> I was once a handsome prince,
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>>>> until an evil witch cast a spell upon me.
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>>>> One kiss from you, however,
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>>>> and I will turn back
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>>>> into the dapper, young prince that I am
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>>>> and then, my sweet, we can marry
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>>>> and set up housekeeping in your castle
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>>>> with my mother,
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>>>> where you can prepare my meals,
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>>>> clean my clothes, bear my children,
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>>>> and forever
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>>>> feel grateful and happy doing so.
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>>>> That night,
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>>>> as the princess dined sumptuously
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>>>> on lightly sautéed frog legs
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>>>> seasoned in a white wine
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>>>> and onion cream sauce,
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>>>> she chuckled and thought to herself:
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>>>> I don't freaking think so.