We all know this story of Amphibious Alchemy.
Although I read somewhere that in the original Brothers' Grimm fairytale of The Frog Prince, the Princess did not actually kiss the green thing. Instead, the action that broke the evil spell that eventually turned frog into prince was a little less romantic. The spoilt girl threw the offending 'ree-bit' boy against the wall and
Voila!Erm...Ouch! =))
But we are all closet romantics-at-heart aren't we. So we want to believe the distorted version, over the centuries, about how a girl must kiss many ugly amphibians before one eventually turns into her Knight in Shining Armour.
In present-day reality, the notion of kissing a frog as an euphemism for accepting and learning to love a physically ugly guy remains. Although unlike the medieval princess, you will have no such luck in having the thing turn into George Clooney. The frog will remain a frog. You'll be lucky if it doesn't become a toad. Toads, warts and all, are much uglier =)) So pretend he is Kermit, can sing, can dance alittle and oh so schweet. At least try to =))
But lets face it, we live in a realistic world ya? One where Hollywood and glossy magazines pepper us with heavenly bods and chiselled good looks everyday. Its hard to love an ugly guy, even if he has the temperament of the Dalai Lama and the heart of Mother Theresa. Alot of girls I know won't even date someone remotely shorter than them. Or at least have grievious reservations about doing so =)) To hell with
inner beauty.
I have a number of accquaintances who fit the description of frogs. Some of them border on being toads. They don't dress right, don't smell right and some don't even speak right. But they are some of the nicest people on earth. Like what the Singlish people like to say, 'got character'.
How many girls are willing to give them a metaphorical peck on the cheek? Zilch.
Actually not totally zilch
lah because some girls are willing. But unfortunately they look like Ms Piggy =)) And our dear Frog Princes are also on the look-out for their own pretty svelt Princesses you see.
So the moral of my story is, some Frog Princes have only themselves to blame! =))