“Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay!”
“What?”
“I finished my schoolwork for the whole semester!”
“So?”
“Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay!”
“What a freakin’ cop out…”
THE KISSING FROG: Happily Ever (and Ever and Ever and Ever) After
A bard stumbled upon a talking frog.
“Kiss me, and I shall become a princess and be your wife.”
The bard picked the frog up and kissed her. She transformed into an elderly woman, still dressed like a princess.
“Wow… I guess I’ve been out here longer than I thought.”
This is the seventh, and last, in a week-long series from King Kool.
THE KISSING FROG: Unexpected Consequence
A knave found a frog.
“Kiss me; I’ll become a beautiful princess and wed you.”
He did, and the frog transformed into a princess, while the knave into a frog.
“I’m sorry! I didn’t know that would happen.”
“That’s OK. Bring me into town; get someone else to kiss me.”
This is the sixth in a week-long series from King Kool.
THE KISSING FROG: Poor, Lonely Fool
An explorer found a frog sitting on a rock.
“Kiss me, traveler,” the frog said, “and I shall become a beautiful princess and be your wife.”
The explorer laughed. “What rubbish. You wish to make me look foolish!”
“Ok, I lied,” the frog said. “Can’t talking frogs be lonely, too?”
This is the fifth in a week-long series from King Kool.
THE KISSING FROG: Old Habits Die Hard
A friar discovered a talking frog.
“Kiss me and I’ll become a beautiful princess and be your wife.”
The friar complied and the frog became a beautiful princess before his eyes.
They returned to his home. “Let us celebrate. What would you like to dine on?”
The princess responded, “Flies.”
This is the fourth in a week-long series from King Kool.
THE KISSING FROG: Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
A knight discovered a talking frog.
“Kiss me, and I’ll become a beautiful princess and be your wife.”
The knight immediately complied and the frog transformed into a woman of average pulchritude. “I’m sorry for lying,” she said, “but you’d never have kissed me if I said I was plain.”
This is the third in a week-long series from King Kool.
THE KISSING FROG: Love is Forever
A squire found a talking frog.
“Kiss me and I’ll become a beautiful princess and be your wife.”
The squire did so and the frog transformed into a princess, just as promised. The pair went into town to wed. The ceremony was interrupted when they kissed and she changed back.
This is the second in a week-long series from King Kool.
THE KISSING FROG: I Can’t Cook
A starving peasant found a frog. “Kiss me, and I’ll become a beautiful princess and be your wife.”
The peasant obeyed and she transformed into a princess. “Now I’ll have plenty to eat,” he said.
“I can’t cook,” the princess confessed.
“If that’s true, then I’ll just have you raw.”
This is the first in a week-long series from King Kool.
FRANKENSTEVE’S SLEEP MUSHEEN
“Eagor!” cried Dr. Frankensteve.
“What?” mumbled Eagor.
“I’ve invented a machine that allows people to stockpile sleep!”
“Sounds lame.”
“Silly nephew! Now students can sleep longer when they aren’t busy, and stay up all night when they are, with no side effects!”
(Then the author cried, because it wasn’t true.)
But seriously, wouldn’t that be great? Sigh…
Midnight Dawn
First, she wrote, in big, bold letters, “Fred versus Charlie”. Then she drew two intersecting circles. Where the circles intersected, she wrote the word “Male”.
Really, that was all they had in common.
Fred was a werebear, and Charlie was a vampire. How would she choose?
She flipped a coin.