Pinocchio

Once upon a time lived a wood carver named Geppetto. He made puppets from pieces of wood, and
he called his favorite puppet Pinocchio.

- I would love to be a father to a real boy like Pinocchio- he wished.

That night, the blue fairy, who knew Geppetto was a good man, cost a magic spell over Pinocchio.
The very next day, Gappetto awake and was very happy to find that Pinocchio could walk, sit and talk
like a real boy. 

Geppetto wanted to send Pinocchio to school. He sold his only coat for a spelling book.

- Now you can go to school like a real boy -s aid Gappetto as we waved goodbye to Pinocchio.

On the way to school, Pinocchio stopped to wacth a puppet show in a town. 

- How would you like to join my puppet show? - asked the evil puppet master.

Pinocchio happily agreed. He was locked inside the evil puppet master’s caravan. He wished he was
safe with Geppetto. The blue fairy suddenly appeared. She had heard Pinocchio’s wish and set him
free. Pinocchio is happy to be free. 

- I’m going straight to school- he said.

But he met an evil fox who told him all about  a wonderful place called fun island. Pinocchio forgot all
about school and gave the fox his spelling book in return for a ticket to Fun island.

- Where are you going, Pinocchio?- asked the b fairy.

- I’m on the way to school - lied Pinocchio.

Pinocchio‘s nose grew very, very long. He wished he hadn’t told a lie. The fairy called a bird to peck
of his long nose because  Pinocchio was very sorry. Pinocchio promised never to be naughty ever
again and went straight to school.

At school, Pinocchio told his friend all about fun island. His friend wanted to go with him. Pinocchio
and his hurriedly climbed aboard a ship that was going to Fun Island. On the island they didn’t know
that little boys were turned into donkeys and used for very hard work. 
Pinocchio cried and wished he hadn’t come the island. He also wished didn’t look like a silly donkey.
The blue fairy had heard his wish and with a wave of her magic wand his donkey ears and tail
disappeared. Pinocchio sad on the shore, sadly looking out to the sea. He wondered if he would ever
see Geppetto again.

Suddenly, he saw Geppetto who had sailed out to the sea in search of Pinocchio. Geppetto didn’t see
the huge whale behind him. The whale swallowed Geppetto and his boat. Pinocchio knew he had to
save Geppetto. He jumped into the water and swam with all his might. As he got closer, the whale
open  his mouth and Pinocchio swam right in. Deep inside the whale’s belly, Pinocchio and Geppetto
hugged each other, happy to be together again.

- We must find a way out- said Geppetto - we will make a fire from the wood of my boat. 

The smoke made the whale sneeze. They shot out of the whale’s mouth and back into the sea.
Pinocchio and Geppetto swam safely to shore. They were both tired. They laid on the sand and fell
asleep. When Geppetto awoke, he saw that the blue fairy, as a reward for being so brave, had turned
Pinocchio into a real boy. 

- At last my wish has come true!- cried Geppetto

The Frog Prince

There was once a handsome young prince who had the misfortune to offend a wicked fairy.

To avenge herself she turned him into an ugly frog and put him into a well. Now it happened that the
well was in the courtyard of a king´s palace and on fine days, when the sun shone warmly, the king´s
youngest daughter sometimes came there to amuse herself by tossing a golden ball high into the air
and catching it as it fell.

The poor frog watched her running to and fro in the sunshine. He thought she was the prettiest
princess he had ever seen.

One day, the princess threw the ball up so high that when she stretched out her hand to catch it the
ball bounced on the stones and fell with a splash into the water. She ran to the edge of the well and
gazed down. But the golden ball had sunk far, far out of sight.

Only a little ring of bubbles showed her where it had disappeared. She began to cry bitterly. The frog
popped his head out of the water.

'Don´t cry, Princess!' he said.

'What will you give me if I bring your ball from the bottom of the well?'

'Oh, I will give you anything I have,' replied the princess. 'My pretty pearls, my diamonds—even my
crown. Only please bring my ball back to me!'

'I do not want your pearls or your diamonds or your crown,' said the frog. 'But if you will promise to
love me, and let me eat from your plate, and drink out of your cup, and sleep on your bed, I will
bring your ball safely back to you.'

And the princess promised. For she said to herself, 'What a silly frog! As if he could ever get out of
the well and walk all the way to the palace! He will never find me.'

The frog dove to the bottom of the well and presently came up with the golden ball in his mouth. The
princess had no sooner snatched it from him than she forgot all about her promise and ran back to
the palace laughing with joy.

The next day, as she sat at dinner with the king and his courtiers, something came flopping up the
great staircase—flip flap, flip flap! And a voice said:

'From the deep and mossy well, Little princess, where I dwell, When you wept in grief and pain I
brought your golden ball again.'
The princess dropped her spoon with a clatter on her plate, for she knew it was the frog who had
come to claim her promise.

'What is the matter, daughter?' asked the king.

'There is someone knocking at the door and your rosy cheeks are quite pale

Then the princess had to tell her father all that had happened the day before how she had dropped
her golden ball into the well, and how the frog had brought it up for her, and of the promises she had
given him. The king frowned and said,

'People who make promises must keep them. Open the door and let the frog come in.'

The princess opened the door very unwillingly and the poor frog hopped into the room, looking up into
her face with his ugly little eyes.

'Lift me up beside you,' he cried, 'that I may eat from your plate and drink out of your cup.'

The princess did as he asked her and was obliged to finish her dinner with the frog beside her, for the
king sat by to see that she fulfilled her promise.

When they had finished, the frog said,

'I have had enough to eat. Now I am tired. Take me up and lay me on your pillow, that I may go to
sleep.'

Then the princess began to cry. It was so dreadful to think that an ugly frog, all cold and damp from
the well, should sleep in her pretty white bed. But her father frowned again and said,

'People who make promises must keep them. He gave you back your golden ball and you must do as
he asks.'

So the princess picked the frog up between her thumb and finger, not touching him more than she
could help, and carried him upstairs and put him on the pillow on her bed. There he slept all night
long. As soon as it was light he jumped up, hopped downstairs, and went out of the palace.

'Now', thought the princess, 'he is gone and I shall be troubled with him no more'.

But she was mistaken, for when night came again she heard tapping at the door of her bedroom.
When she opened it, the frog came in and slept upon her pillow as before until the morning broke.
The third night he did the same. But when the princess awoke the following morning, she was
astonished to see, instead of the frog, a handsome prince standing at the head of her bed.

He was gazing at her with the most beautiful eyes that ever were seen. He told her that he had been
enchanted by a wicked fairy, who had changed him into the form of a frog, in which he was fated to
remain until a princess let him sleep upon her bed for three nights.

'You,' said the prince, 'have broken this cruel spell and now I have nothing to wish for but that you
should go with me to my father´s kingdom, where I will marry you and love you as long as you live.'

The princess took him to her father and he gave his consent for them to marry. As they spoke a
splendid carriage drove up with eight beautiful horses decked with plumes of feathers and golden
harness.

Behind rode the prince´s servant, who had bewailed the misfortune of his dear master so long and so
bitterly that his heart had almost burst. Then all set out full of joy for the prince´s kingdom. There they
arrived safely and lived happily ever after.