Fairy tale

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>This is the fairy tale that should have been read to us when we were
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> >Once upon a time
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> >in a land far away,
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> >a beautiful, independent,
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> >self-assured princess
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> >happened upon a frog as she sat
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> >contemplating ecological issues
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> >on the shores of an unpolluted pond
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> >in a verdant meadow near her castle.
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> >The frog hopped into the princess' lap
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> >and said: " Elegant Lady,
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> >I was once a handsome prince,
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> >until an evil witch cast a spell upon me.
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> >One kiss from you, however,
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> >and I will turn back
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> >into the dapper, young prince that I am
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> >and then, my sweet, we can marry
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> >and set up housekeeping in your castle
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> >with my mother,
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> >where you can prepare my meals,
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> >clean my clothes, bear my children,
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> >and forever feel
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> >grateful and happy doing so. "
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> >That night,
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> >as the princess dined
> >sumptuously
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> >on lightly sautéed frog legs
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> >seasoned in a white wine
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> >and onion cream sauce,
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> >she chuckled and thought to herself:
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> >I don't freakin think so!

[L. D. Jeffries]

I am not a feminist but I still laughed loud and long. Good one!