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Once Upon A Time - by Swati Chandran
Let me tell you a story
Strange though it may seem
There lived a lovely princess
Near the woods of Aberdeen

She was afraid of goblins
Though she merrily played with elves
The pixies brought her posies
Of pansies and blue-bells

One day she chased a will o’ wisp
Down by the little stream
She chanced upon an ugly witch
And began to scream

The wicked witch got cross with her
And cast a wicked spell
Turned the princess into a frog
And tossed her in a well

The princess cried for mercy
All the witch did was to smirk
"Find a charming prince to kiss", she said
"maybe that will work"

As the princess sat there croaking
And push almost came to shove
A handsome prince rode down her path
Like an answer from above

The kind prince saw her crying
And whoa-ed his steed to stop
Got off his horse and on his knees
Her heart went flippety-flop

He listened to her tale of woe
And almost seemed to melt
She could see him puckering up
Just to free her of her spell

"Smooch" they went…there was a whoosh
Lightening sliced the sudden fog
Jeepers Scary Thunderclaps!
The prince….was now…a frog!

In a daze they hopped around
The crazy witch to find
She’d flown fast on her broomstick
Laughing off her wrinkled behind

They moaned their fate and cursed in vain
As they hopped back to their well
Sigh! At least they found true love…and I,
This silly tale to tell!!!

Copyright @ Swati Chandran

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