"That which thou hast promised must thou perform," said the King, "so go now and let him in." So she went and opened the door, and the frog hopped in, following at her heels, till she reached her chair. Then he stopped and cried: "Lift me up to sit by you." But she delayed doing so until the King ordered her. When once the frog was on the chair, he wanted to get on the table, and there he sat and said: "Now push your golden plate a little nearer, so that we may eat together." And so she did, but everybody might see how unwilling she was, and the frog feasted heartily, but every morsel seemed to stick in her throat. "I have had enough now," said the frog at last, "and as I am tired, you must carry me to your room, and make ready your silken bed, and we will lie down and go to sleep." Then the King's daughter began to weep, and was afraid of the cold frog, that nothing would satisfy him but he must sleep in her pretty clean bed. Now the King grew angry with her, saying: "That which thou hast promised in thy time of necessity, must thou now perform." So she picked up the frog with her finger and thumb, carried him upstairs and put him in a corner, and when she had lain down to sleep, he came creeping up, saying: "I am tired and want sleep as much as you; take me up, or I will tell your father." Then she felt beside herself with rage, and picking him up, she threw him with all her strength against the wall, crying: "Now will you be quiet, you horrid frog!"

But as he fell, he ceased to be a frog, and became all at once a prince with beautiful kind eyes. And it came to pass that, with her father's consent, they became bride and bridegroom. And he told her how a wicked witch had bound him by her spells, and how no one but she alone could have released him, and that they two would go together to his father's kingdom. And there came to the door a carriage drawn by eight white horses, with white plumes on their heads, and with golden harness, and behind the carriage was standing faithful Henry, the servant of the young prince. Now, faithful Henry had suffered such care and pain when his master was turned into a frog, that he had been obliged to wear three iron bands over his heart, to keep it from breaking with trouble and anxiety. When the carriage started to take the prince to his kingdom, and faithful Henry had helped them both in, he got up behind, and was full of joy at his master's deliverance.

And when they had gone a part of the way, the prince heard a sound at the back of the carriage, as if something had broken, and he turned round and cried:

"Henry, the wheel must be breaking!"
"The wheel does not break,
'Tis the band round my heart
That, to lessen its ache,
When I grieved for your sake,
I bound round my heart."

Again, and yet once again there was the same sound, and the prince thought it must be the wheel breaking, but it was the breaking of the other bands from faithful Henry's heart, because it was now so relieved and happy.

国王听了之后对小公主说，"你决不能言而无信，快去开门让他进来。"小公主走过去把门打开，青蛙蹦蹦跳跳地进了门，然后跟着小公主来到座位前，接着大声叫道，"把我抱到你身旁呀！"

小公主听了吓得发抖，国王却吩咐她照青蛙说的去做。 青蛙被放在了椅子上，可心里不太高兴，想到桌子上去。 上了桌子之后又说，"把您的小金碟子推过来一点儿好吗？这样我们就可以一快儿吃啦。"很显然，小公主很不情愿这么做，可她还是把金碟子推了过去。 青蛙吃得津津有味，可小公主却一点儿胃口都没有。 终于，青蛙开口说，"我已经吃饱了。现在我有点累了，请把我抱到您的小卧室去，铺好您的缎子被盖，然后我们就寝吧。"

小公主害怕这只冷冰冰的青蛙，连碰都不敢碰一下。 一听他要在自己整洁漂亮的小床上睡觉，就哭了起来。

国王见小公主这个样子，就生气地对她说，"在我们困难的时候帮助过我们的人，不论他是谁，过后都不应当受到鄙视。"

于是，小公主用两只纤秀的手指把青蛙挟起来，带着他上了楼，把他放在卧室的一个角落里。 可是她刚刚在床上躺下，青蛙就爬到床边对她说，"我累了，我也想在床上睡觉。

请把我抱上来，要不然我就告诉您父亲。 "

一听这话，小公主勃然大怒，一把抓起青蛙，朝墙上死劲儿摔去。

"现在你想睡就去睡吧，你这个丑陋的讨厌鬼！"

谁知他一落地，已不再是什么青蛙，却一下子变成了一位王子：一位两眼炯炯有神、满面笑容的王子。 直到这时候，王子才告诉小公主，原来他被一个狠毒的巫婆施了魔法，除了小公主以外，谁也不能把他从水潭里解救出来。 于是，遵照国王的旨意，他成为小公主亲密的朋友和伴侣，明天，他们将一道返回他的王国。 第二天早上，太阳爬上山的时候，一辆八匹马拉的大马车已停在了门前，马头上都插着洁白的羽毛，一晃一晃的，马身上套着金光闪闪的马具。 车后边站着王子的仆人--忠心耿耿的亨利。 亨利的主人被变成一只青蛙之后，他悲痛欲绝，于是他在自己的胸口套上了三个铁箍，免得他的心因为悲伤而破碎了。

马车来接年轻的王子回他的王国去。 忠心耿耿的亨利扶着他的主人和王妃上了车厢，然后自己又站到了车后边去。 他们上路后刚走了不远，突然听见噼噼啦啦的响声，好像有什么东西断裂了。 路上，噼噼啦啦声响了一次又一次，每次王子和王妃听见响声，都以为是车上的什么东西坏了。 其实不然，忠心耿耿的亨利见主人是那么地幸福，因而感到欣喜若狂，于是那几个铁箍就从他的胸口上一个接一个地崩掉了。