Cherry's Adventures of the Princess and the Frog

chapter 10

Night fell as Louis continued to carry his new frog friends with him as they were looking for Mama Odie.

"Are we there yet?" Darla asked.

"Almost, now, uh, Tiana, tell me more about this restaurant of yours." Louis smiled hungrily.

"Please don't," Darla moaned. "I'm starving."

"Same here." Atticus also moaned.

A fly then passed which seemed to make Naveen lick his lips.

"This is interesting." Naveen said.

"What are you doing?" Tiana raised an eyebrow.

"As strange as this sounds, I think we better eat the bugs," Darla said. "They dont' seem so bad in this perspective."

"There is no way I'm kissing a frog and eating a bug on the same day." Tiana wrinkled her nose.

"I think your tongue has other plans." Patch said.

"Huh?" Tiana asked until her tongue seemed to jump out from her mouth.

The frogs seemed to go all around from their tongues as the flies were going around.

"This can't end well." Patch said as he climbed up on shore and decided to see them before they would literally have the worst tongue twisters of their lives.

And which would be sooner than they think. Patch winced and covered his eyes with his ears after everyone had then gotten tangled together.

"You know what this needs?" Louis scratched his chin. "A sharp stick! Be right back!" the gator then dashed off past the cattails near the pond.

"Oh, brother." Patch sighed.

"Patch, ya mind lending a paw here?" Darla asked.

"Uh, I'll try..." Patch came over to them.

"Well, looky here!" a Cajun voice called out which made the others look over to see a mere firefly.

"Ooh, a firefly." Patch beamed.

"Ooh." Darla smiled.

"Let me shine a little light on the situation," the firefly shut his eyes tight then his back-end glowed in the dark evening. He then walked over to the frogs to see if he could solve this problem. "Goodness, you done this real good for sure, don't you worry," the firefly then took a tip of one of their tongues and snapped them away from each other and untangled. "It's about time I introduce myself, my name's Raymond, but ya can call me 'Ray'."

"Pleased to meet you, Ray, my name is Patch Pongo, and these are Atticus Fudo, Darla Fudo, Tiana, and Prince Naveen of Maldonia." Patch introduced.

"Prince Charming here got himself turned into a frog by a voodoo witch doctor," Tiana said about Naveen. "We're on our way to Mama Odie's, we think maybe she can--"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Ray stopped her right there. "Mama Odie? You guys are headed in the wrong direction! Now, what kind of knucklehead told you to go this way?"

"I found a stick!" Louis barged out of the bushes, as if on cue, with his sharp stick.

"There's your answer." Patch said with slanted eyes.

"Louis," Darla folded her arms. "Ray here says you've been taking us in the wrong direction."

Louis glanced at them and the firefly nervously and dropped his stick. He then nervously chuckled. "I was... Well, I... Now listen... I was confused by the topography and the geography and the choreography and--"