the prince who married a frog
there was once a king who had three sons of marriageable age in order to avoid any dispute over their choice of three brides, he said, "aim as far as you can with the sling there where the stone falls you will get your wife"
the three sons picked up their slings and shot the oldest boy sent his stone flying all the way to the roof of a bakery, so he got the baker girl the second boy released his stone, which came down on the house of a weaver the youngest son's stone landed in a ditch
immediately after the shots, each boy rushed off to his betrothed with a ring the oldest brother was met by a lovely maiden as fresh as a newly baked cake, the middle brother by a fair girl with silky hair and skin, while the youngest, after looking and looking, saw nothing but a frog in that ditch
they returned to the king to tell him about their betrothed "now," said the king, "whoever has the best wife will inherit the kingdom here begin the tests" he gave them each some hemp to be spun and returned within three days, to see which betrothed was the best spinner
