The Frog Prince by Jenni James

Author:Jenni James
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-06-05T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

THEY SPENT NEARLY THREE hours laughing with the village children. Even though they were at school, so to speak, Nolan loved how Blythe created an environment for them that was much more fun than work, with songs and rhyming and games. It really felt like they were playing, and the children responded so well to it. Now if only she had been his tutor when he was a lad—he might have actually paid attention and learned more!

When Blythe had originally approached the children with Nolan sitting on her palms, one of the older girls squealed and pulled back. But the boys and the two younger girls were eager to meet him and rushed forward. Nolan and Blythe had decided she would not tell them he could speak and let it come as a surprise after several minutes.

“Do not be afraid.” Blythe beckoned to the older girl. “Caspian is a good friend of mine and nothing to be frightened over.”

“Can I touch him?” asked the adorable toothless child, the red bows on her braids twitching in her excitement.

“Of course you can, Charity.” Blythe smiled and brought him closer. “Here. He really loves it when his head is rubbed.”

She grinned and reached out a small finger, softly running it along the top of him.

He had never seen anything cuter in his life. He could not help it; he had to ruin the surprise already. “Ahh …” he said. “That feels marvelous.”

She squeaked and the whole group jumped back. “He can talk?” she asked.

“I would hope so!” Nolan pretended to be affronted. “It would be incredibly dreadful if I could not.”

Charity’s eyes were wide. “But how can you?”

He puffed up his chest and said, “Because I am a magic frog.”

Charity giggled and stepped forward again. “Ooh, I like magical things! Will you do something for us?”

The children tittered and pressed closer. He even noticed the older girl approaching the group cautiously. “I will do something none of you have ever seen before!” he said loudly in a very mysterious voice.

“What?” Charity whispered. “What will you do?”

He turned and looked up at Blythe. “Will you kneel down so I may be closer to the ground?”

She grinned and did as he asked, though he could tell she was just as curious as the children. Once he was close enough, he hopped to the end of her fingers. “Are you ready to see something that will completely amaze you?” he asked the group. He had done this particular thing plenty of times as a human whilst standing on the ground. Hopefully, with the added height of her hands and his strong frog legs, he would be able to pull the trick off easily.

“Go on, then!” called one of the boys.

“Ahem.” He took a couple of steps in place and then sprang off her hands, flipping once and then landing quite deftly upon the soft grass. That was even better than he had imagined! With those legs, he could probably do two flips.

“Whoa!” the group exclaimed as they began to chatter and clap.

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