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THE FROG PRINCESS
HERE was once a king, who was very old; but he had three grown-up sons. So he called them to him, and said:
"My dear sons, I am very old, and the cares of government press heavily upon me. I must therefore give them over to one of you. But as it is the law among us, that no unmarried prince may be King, I wish you all to get married, and whoever chooses the best wife shall be my successor."
So they determined each to go a different way, and settled