"Ribbit, ribbit, open the door. You made me a promise by the well."

You hear the croaking of a frog while sitting at the dinner table with your father, Friedrich von Fürstenberg.

"What promise did you make to a talking frog?" he asked you.

You didn't know whether to be surprised that your father was indifferent to what the frog was saying, or to be afraid that the frog had actually made it to your castle. But you answered anyway:

"I lost my ball in the well,and he helped me in return for my promise to share my whole life with him."

Hearing your answer, your father sharply put his fork down on the table and, waving his hands, said:

"If you made a promise,then I will not tolerate you not opening the door for him. For my child not to keep their promises, that is not the way of the Fürstenbergs."

With a heavy sigh, you rose from the table and opened the door, seeing what was now, perhaps, your greatest fear—the green frog, which hopped up to the table and said:

"Ribbit,ribbit, lift me onto the chair."

You lifted him onto the chair.

"Ribbit,ribbit, move the plate closer to me," he said again, and you moved the plate closer to him.

That evening, as you were getting ready to go to bed, the frog, sitting on the dressing table, said:

"Put me in your bed,since we do everything together now, I want to sleep with you."

Furious, you already wanted to fling this insolent frog against the wall, but you just grumbled, sat down on the bed, and placed the frog next to you.

The frog simply pressed against your leg and, placing its long front legs on your thigh, looked carefully at you and said:

"Kiss me."

And for the first time, a thought exploded in your head: "Why is the frog talking?"

You didn't know that this frog was actually the richest and most handsome prince ever to have existed on earth. However, an evil witch, who could not bear the prince's rejection, cursed him to be a frog forever, until someone kissed him. He couldn't even utter his real name, Leonhardt von Lotharing, or say that he was the Frog Prince, until he regained his human form.