User blog:Discofurby/The Twins' Bedtime Story

This is a story that came into my head about Lynn Loud Sr. reading the twins "The Frog Prince".

It was evening in Royal Woods and the Loud twins, Lana and Lola, were settling down to bed.

Their father, Lynn Sr., was reading them a story as was the usual routine for the twins.

"Which story will it be tonight, Daddy?" asked Lola excitedly.

"Tonight," said Lynn Sr., "I will read to you a new book I got from the library. It's a new book, but it's an old story. I remember it from when I was a boy. You're going to love it. It's called The Frog Prince."

"I like the sound of it already," said Lana.

"Once upon a time, in a land far far away, there lived a beautiful young princess," read Lynn Sr.

Lola smiled and said, "This should be good."

"...And this princess loved nothing more than to sit outside by the pond and play with her golden ball."

"I wish I had a golden ball..." said Lola dreamily, while Lana was starting to lose interest and she looked absently around the room.

"Then, one day," continued Lynn Sr., "She threw the ball into the air and it landed splash into the pond." At this point, he raised his arm way up high, then quickly brought it down to illustrate the ball falling.

"No!", said Lola.

"...The princess began to cry..."

"I don't like this story anymore, Daddy!" exclaimed Lola, on the verge of tears herself.

Lana, meanwhile, said, "Puh-lease, if it'd been me, I'd have just jumped right in and grabbed it!"

"Don't worry, Lola," said Lynn Sr., "Because listen here: A frog jumped out of the pond and sat down beside the young princess. 'What seems to be the trouble with you?', he said."

"The frog can talk! Neat!", said Lana.

"'I've dropped my ball in the pond!', sobbed the princess, 'And I can't get it out!'. 'Never mind,' said the frog, 'I'll get it out for you on one condition-- you take me home, let me eat from your plate, sleep on your pillow, and eventually kiss me.' 'Kiss you?! Yuck!', said the princess."

"Who can blame her?" said Lola.

"Me," said Lana, "I've kissed Hops plenty of times."

"... But eventually, the princess agreed, so the frog reached in and grabbed the ball for the princess. 'Thank you very much!', she exclaimed. But within a few hours, she forgot about the frog..."

"How could you forget a talking frog so quickly?!" said Lana.

"....Until dinner time came and the frog jumped onto the princess's table. 'Remember your promise?', he said. So, reluctantly, the princess gave up a slice of bread for the frog."

"I hope she soaked it first," said Lana, "Dry bread can be dangerous to frogs."

"...And when it was time for the princess to go to bed, the frog said, 'Now it's time for me to sleep on your pillow.' The princess was relucant, but she let him do it."

"It's not so bad," said Lana, "Hops sleeps on my pillow all the time!".

"Well, I would never let a slimy old frog sleep on my pillow," said Lola.

"The next morning, the frog said, 'Now, it's time to kiss me. You see, I am actually a prince, but three years ago, an evil witch put a spell on me and turned me into a frog.'"

"How is that evil?!", said Lana, "Being a frog would be cool!".

"... So the princess lifted the frog to her face, closed her eyes, and kissed him!"

"Ewww!", said Lola, but Lana watched very intently.

"... And, just like that, he was a prince! And they both became friends, fell in love, and then eventually got married, and they both lived happily ever after. The end, nighty-night," concluded Lynn Sr., kissing both twins, turning the light out, and leaving.

"I hope someday I will marry a prince too," said Lola dreamily before falling asleep.

"Well, I'm just glad Hops isn't really a prince," said Lana, before falling asleep herself.