De Kikkerkoning (The Frog Prince)

The Kikkerkoning (The Frog Prince)

The frog prince is one of the earliest of the Efteling fairytales and was included in the design of the Fairytale Forest in 1952 along with nine other fairy stories.

Story

Originally a Grimm tale.

Once upon a time there was a princess. She lived in a magnificent kingdom where she was free to do whatever she wanted to do, everyday. And everyday she chose to play in the palace gardens with her golden ball. She liked to throw it high up into the air and catch it again, when one day, when she looked away for just a moment, her beautiful golden ball fell into the pond ‘SPLASH’. Fortunately there was a frog in the pond and he was happy to help the princess. “Ribbit!” he dived down to the bottom of the pond in exchange for friendship. The princess promised to be his friend but meant nothing of the sort. When she got her ball back from the frog, she ran straight back to the palace.
That very same evening, there was a knock at the palace door. “Ribbit! Open the door. It’s me, the frog.” The frog had come to fetch his reward. He had dinner at the royal table and drank from a royal glass. The he asked the princess for a kiss. “Yuk! That’s disgusting!” she exclaimed. But she did kiss the frog after all; and when she did.....