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undressed the frog very slowly: then they tied Emilia's red dotted petticoat around his waist, put the doll's cap on his head and, in place of the spear, an umbrella. The poor frog was so funny that the little girl couldn't stop laughing.


— Let's wake him up now," said Scaly, giving him a formidable kick in the stomach.

— Hum! moaned the frog, his eyes widening and his mouth dropping open, astonished to see the prince in the company of an unknown girl and a doll lady who was very embarrassed to find herself in diapers. Scaly, very tense, he thickened his voice and grunted:

— What a beauty, Master Grab. Dressed as a woman, you, the palace guard!

— Dressed as a woman? Me? said the astonished frog.

— Look in this mirror, said the prince.

Only then did the frog realize what a mockery he had been the victim of. He looked at the prince, the girl and the mirror, without understanding anything about the whole affair.

— Now, as a punishment," said the prince, "instead of the five