Will Frankie's wish finally have a chance to come true?

Frankie’s Fairy Tale

Frankie Frog was enjoying another lovely sunny day out on his cool wet lily pad. You see, he lived in a secluded small pond near a park with his friend Fish, Turtle, and two ducks Mandy and Casey. 

Frankie, however, was special. He loved to croak the alphabet. His pond friends thought he was very odd and often swam away when he started to croak A B C D E F and G. They never made if passed G because they'd already be gone. Mandy and Casey would just stick their necks under water and pretend to ignore him. Frankie thought that was very rude. He was very proud of his talent and wanted nothing more in the world but to learn how to spell. More than anything he wanted to learn to spell his name, but there was no one around to help him. So, Frankie continued to spend his summer days croaking and listening to children playing in the distance. Day after day the sound of children’s laughter gave him the courage to sing louder and prouder in hopes of finally being heard.

One day as Frankie sat alone on his lily pad singing H I J K L M N O P, he heard a soft voice nearby singing along with him. It was the sweetest sound he'd ever heard. His heart began to beat faster and faster as the soft voice approached the edge of the pond. He listened so closely he forgot to breath and began to cough and wheeze. Had he finally been noticed? Had this been the chance he'd been patiently waiting for so long? Alas, his time had come! A small child had noticed him. “What's your name?” the child asked. “Frankie!” he replied with excitement. “My name is Princess Maxine,” the girl replied. “I'm on a picnic with my mom. Can you come to our picnic as my frog prince?” Frankie couldn't believe his ears. He graciously accepted and hopped over to the picnic blanket where Maxine’s mom had set out a delicious feast. “Who is your friend?” Maxine's mom asked. “It's Frankie and he's my frog prince,” Maxine announced. She loved fairy tales and decided to make Frankie a real life prince to call her own.

Frankie was happy with his new fairy tale role and was bursting with anticipation! He was waiting for just the right moment to sing his alphabet song for the Princess Maxine. He had only hoped they wouldn't find him odd and walk away. Finally, as Maxine's mom began to slice into a delicious looking chocolate pie, Maxine began to use the alphabet to sound out objects around her. She began with P-I-E, pie. Her mother helped her sound out and spell other words like T-R-E-E, tree. S-U-N, sun, and Frankie's personal favorite F-R-O-G frog! It was then that Frankie could no longer hold his silence and yelled “I'm a F-R-O-G, frog!” He jumped from here to there and there to here and couldn't quite contain his excitement. Maxine's mom was astonished! She jumped to her feet and yelled “A magical talking frog! A magical talking frog!” Maxine giggled as her mom hopped around repeating “A magical talking frog! A magical talking frog!” Maxine and her mom then knelt down beside Frankie to get a closer look and agreed he was a magical talking Frog Prince. Upon hearing this, Frankie stood up on his back legs and with every ounce of his new found courage he sang every letter of the alphabet. Maxine and her mom stayed to G. They even continued to listen all the way to Q. Then they too joined in and finished off in unison R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y and Z!

Every one of Frankie's pond friends couldn't help but hear the beautiful sound of alphabet singing. They all quickly swam towards the edge of the pond to hear Frankie and his new friends. They reached the edge just in time to see him to take a very proud bow. Fish, Turtle, and even Mandy and Casey cheered for Frankie.

It was then that Frankie realized that never giving up was the reason his dream was finally coming true. He had proven to himself that it didn't matter who listened or not. He had a dream to learn how to spell, and now with the help of Maxine and her mom, he'd be able to spell his own name letter by letter. F-R-A-N-K-I-E t-h-e F-R-O-G P-R-I-N-C-E. Frankie the Frog Prince!