our plate nearer to me so that i may eat out of it.”
“now i am tired. please carry me upstairs, and put me into your bed.”then the princess took him up in her hand and put him on the pillow of her own bed.
he slept all night long. as soon as it was light he jumped up, hopped downstairs, and went out of the house. when night came again the frog came once more and slept on her pillow as before, and the third night he did the samebut when the princess awoke on the following morning she was surprised to see a handsome prince standing at her bed.
“a bad fairy changed me into a frog. i could be changed back if some princess would let me sleep on her bed for three nights. you have saved me.”
“would you like to go with me to my father’s kingdom? i will marry you and