beware of the ladies...haha...pre-holiday joke
> >This is the fairy tale that should have been read to us as little girls!
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> > Once upon a time,
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> > in a land far away,
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> > a beautiful, independent,
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> > self-assured princess
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> > happened upon a frog as she sat,
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> > contemplating ecological issues
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> > on the shores of an unpolluted pond
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> > in a verdant meadow near her castle.
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> > The frog hopped into the princess' lap
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> > and said: " Elegant Lady,
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> > I was once a handsome prince,
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> > until an evil witch cast a spell upon me.
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> > One kiss from you, however,
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> > and I will turn back
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> > into the dapper, young prince that I am
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> > and then, my sweet, we can marry
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> > and set up house in your castle
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> > where you can prepare my meals,
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> > clean my clothes, bear my children,
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> > and forever
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> > feel grateful and happy doing so. "
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> >
> >
> > That night,
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> > as the princess dined sumptuously
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> > on lightly sauteed frog legs
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> > seasoned in a white wine
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> > and onion cream sauce,
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> > she chuckled and thought to herself:
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> >
> > I don't f *** ing think so.
