seize his barrel and deflect his shot into the overhanging trees. Out of the trees falls...
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away ... my days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle
the fishy, slimy "prince" whom you thought you would never see again. "Well met", he exclaims. "Are there any policemen around?" You.....
look around, hoping to see one, but there is no one but the lion. The lion decided that he didn't like this "prince" so he reached out his claws, and
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away ... my days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle
...picking him up, he snarls, "I see you haven't changed at all." He then tosses the "prince" aside, leaving you to ask....
N-Web sis of stardf, _Rillian_, & jerenda
Proud to be Sirya the Madcap Siren
... "Um, do you guys know each other?" The prince sputters from where he fell in the leaf-laden mud, and says...
..."This, this ruffian, unfortunately, is my brother." He's about to launch into a full (and likely long-winded) explanation, when....
N-Web sis of stardf, _Rillian_, & jerenda
Proud to be Sirya the Madcap Siren
... the lion growls, "As if you'll tell the true story!" He paces back and forth, tail twitching, and says, "It was ten years ago, and I was human, just like you..."
..."when we met this woman walking up the road. As my 'dear brother' often did, he went up to her and told her...."
N-Web sis of stardf, _Rillian_, & jerenda
Proud to be Sirya the Madcap Siren
... to "make way for the crown princes of the kingdom." The old woman didn't take kindly to this, and she turned, hands on her hips, and responded...
"In the Republic of the good old US of A there aren't any princes. We take people as they are. Such as yourself!" She made a not very polite gesture, and then...
"...stormed off. The next morning, when we woke up, we found..."
N-Web sis of stardf, _Rillian_, & jerenda
Proud to be Sirya the Madcap Siren
my brother had turned into a frog, though he could still use rude words in a croaky sort of way. I didn't think kissing him would make him better either. And so...
I left him to his lily pad hopping and went down the road until I found...
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away ... my days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle
"...the old woman again. My brother is annoying, but he didn't deserve to be a frog--what if someone decided to make a fine meal out of him? So, I asked her how to undo the curse, and she said...."
N-Web sis of stardf, _Rillian_, & jerenda
Proud to be Sirya the Madcap Siren
"In true fairy tale style, it would really take a proper princess to kiss that frog to cure him. But your best bet is to take him to the nearest pet store and hope that any froglover would do". After thanking her, I...