Short Stories Written by Tellie

I Kiss No Frog

"I'm not really pleased about 'The Princess and the Frog' and I find it ridiculous because why would you kiss a frog and expect that'll transform into a prince!!"  Carl ranted as imaginary fumes came out of his nostrils.

Rana frowned upon hearing his disapproval about her favorite fairy tale.

"Whaaaaat!!? Ridiculous?! Fairy tales are just like that dummy! There's magic involved and—Aaaaaacccckkkk!!!"  she screamed when he suddenly hold the frog in his hands and bring it closer that it almost touched her face.

"Just stop with that fantasy, Rana, otherwise you'll end up being delusional. See? You almost kissed your dear prince!" Carl evilly smirked.

The fat frog in vibrant light green color croaked as its throat inflates. Now contained in a large transparent container imprisoned by Carl that's no better than a frog for Rana.

"Where in the pond did you get that?" she said with disgust.

"In a water lettuce floating in the pond. I find this one too noisy so I plan to dissect it!" he beamed cheerfully.

She went pale, shocked and horrified.

"You...you're planning to unalive a frog?" tears began to build up in her eyes.

"I'm just doing frog dissection for studying biology purposes and they're not extinct or endangered. You have lots of frogs to kiss and be your prince." Carl opened the dissection kit and took the scalpel.

Just as he's about to slice the amphibian. Rana hugged him.

"Please don't be cruel! Even if it's a frog, its life has value and it didn't do any good by doing that! There's lots of alternatives to consider!!!" she hugged him even more tighter.

Carl is surprised by Rana's words. He disregarded what he planned and put down the scalpel on the table.

"I'm sorry for being an idiot, Rana. I'll return this frog to where it came from so it can stay alive."

"And Carl?"

Carl looked into her eyes earnestly.

"I kiss no frog," Rana leaned and kissed him on the lips.