A Little More Logical: The Frog Prince
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Sometimes you read a fairy tale and, as much as you love it, you have to admit that there are some things that just don't make sense. A Little More Logical: The Frog Prince is an attempt to answer some of the questions that invariably go through your mind when you hear this story. Why is the prince a frog? Why does the princess agree to marry someone who used to be a frog? Why would the prince wanted to marry someone described as selfish and vain regardless of whether or not he's a frog? And what really caused the frog to change, kissing or getting thrown against a wall or beheaded? (Those last two actually are variants of the original tale.)
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