THE FROG PRINCE (worksheet 1)

Once upon a time, there __________ a princess who __________ objects __________ of gold.
Her favorite toy in the world was a golden ball. On hot days, she ____________ to sit
beside an old well in the cool forest, tossing the ball in the air. One day, the
ball _____________ from her fingers into the well, which was so deep that the princess
could not see the bottom.
“Oh dear! I’ll never find it!” the princess said, and she began to cry.
Suddenly, a voice _______________ from below.
“What’s the matter, beautiful princess? Why are you crying?”
The princess ________________ all around but couldn’t see anyone.
“Down here, ” said the little voice.
The princess _____________ down and ______________ a green frog poking its head out of
the water.
“Oh, it’s only you,” she said. “If you must know, I’m upset because my golden
ball ______________ into the well.”
“I could get it back for you,” said the frog.
“But what will you give me as a reward?”
Whatever you like, frog. How about my pearls and jewels,” the
princess ____________________. “Or perhaps my golden crown?”
“What would I do with a crown?” said the frog.
“But I’ll get your ball if you promise I can be your best friend and come for dinner
and sleep over at your house.”
All right. You can be my best friend,” _________________ the princess. But secretly
she __________________ the frog was talking a whole lot of nonsense.
The frog __________________ deep into the well and soon ________________ with the golden
ball in its mouth. As soon as the frog ___________________ the ball at the princess’s feet,
she __________________ it and ___________________ home, without even a thank you.
“Wait!” ___________________ the frog. “I can’t run that fast.”
But the princess ________________ no attention to him.
The princess __________________ all about the frog, but the next day, as
she ________________ eating dinner with her family, she __________________ something
come crawling splish-splash up the marble steps of the castle.
Then a voice __________________, “Princess, open the door!”
The curious princess _________________ to open it, but when she saw the frog standing
there, all green and dripping, she ___________________ the door in his face.
The king could tell that something was the matter.
“Has a giant come to get you?” he asked.
“Oh, no, father. It’s only an ugly frog,” she replied.
“And what does a frog want with you?” asked the king.
As the princess explained, they ____________________ more knocking.
“Let me in, Princess,” the frog ___________________.
“Have you __________________ what you _____________________ down by the well?”
” If you _______________________ a promise, daughter, you must keep it. Let him
in,” ______________________ the king.
With a long face, the princess __________________________ the door. The
frog __________________________ her to the table and __________________________, ” Lift me up
beside you.”
“Don’t be ridiculous,” the princess said, but her father __________________ her such a
look that she __________________________ her mind.
The chair wasn’t high enough so the frog _____________________ to
be ____________________ onto the table.
And once there, he said, “Push your plate closer so I can share your dinner.” The
princess ________________________ her plate, but it was quite clear she didn’t enjoy the
rest of her meal. Once the frog had eaten his fill, he said,
“I’m tired. Carry me upstairs so I can sleep in your room.”
The ________________________ of sharing her room with the cold damp frog so upset the
princess that she began to cry again.
But the king __________________, “Be on your way. It’s not right to turn your back on
someone who _____________________ you when you were in trouble”
father,” _____________________ the princess, and she carefully _____________________ the frog
with two fingers.
When she _______________________ to her room, she set the frog down in the corner
farthest from her bed.
But soon she ______________________ the frog plop down beside her.
“I’m tired, too,” said the frog. “Lift me into bed, or I’ll tell your father.”
So the princess ______________________ the frog into bed, with his little green head
resting on a fluffy pillow.
But when she ________________________ back into her bed, she
was __________________________ to hear the frog sobbing quietly.
“What’s the matter now, little frog?” she asked.
“All I ever _____________________ was a friend,” the frog replied. “But it’s clear you don’t
like me at all! I might as well go back to the well.”
At this, the princess _________________________ very badly indeed.
She ______________________ down on the edge of the frog’s bed.
“I’ll be your friend,” she __________________________, and this time she ___________________--
it. Then the princess ________________________ him a kiss goodnight on his small green
cheek.
Instantly, the frog was ___________________________ into a very handsome young prince!
The princess could not have been
more _________________________ or ______________________.
Of course the prince and princess ______________________ very good friends indeed. A
few years later, they were _________________________ and _____________________ happily ever
after.