the frog

by olive - jan 9, 2006

I used to call him frog and me his princess. Funny, noh? But i just realized the analogy of it all. He's just one of the few frogs that I have to kiss so I can finally meet my prince.


Once upon a time... that was the start of a long online conversation. There was once a frog and a princess; never did the princess realize that the day would come that she would kiss the frog. The princess pawned her heart to the frog not knowing that it was just a game that he used to play.

Almost a year of talking, the frog jumped to the princess' castle so she would be able to give the frog the promise of the kiss. Lo and behold! The frog turned to a handsome prince. But they didn't live happily ever after just like fairy tales do. They live happily for a few days coz the frog left the princess to go back to his pond and then eventually travel to a new castle with the promises of coming back. But the frog turned prince turned back to being a frog again... The princess wondered why. She thought how it happened, what went wrong, she cried and wrote. She cried and get depressed. She cried and went out. And cried some more. But the frog didn't come back. When the frog got in touch with the princess, the promises are no longer there. The feelings are no longer there. Only heartaches and pains remain. The frog whispered to the wind that he intended to visit the princess again. The princess for a while has wondered what's his reason could be. And she came to the conclusion that the frog wanted to be kissed again so he could turn to the handsome prince he was once. But not the princess' prince but somebody else's. She didn't question the frog's promises of returning even though she knows that that was impossible. She wanted him to feel that she doesn't care, that she's unaffected. Although she's wary too, what if it’s another game that he's playing? She wondered but didn't voice out her concerns. If he wanted to see her, then he could. But it doesn't mean that she would jump for joy and welcome him back. She learned her lesson and if she had it her way, she would not go through that pain again with the same man who shattered her heart and left her.

Now, the princess is living without the frog. The frog is just a frog; he was never a prince in the first place. The frog must have cheated her and she believed. It may not be his intentions but the princess got hurt. The princess will then have to wait for another frog... to kiss so she can finally meet her prince.