The Frog Prince (Unabridged)

"The Frog Prince" or «Iron Henry» is a fairy tale, best known through the Brothers Grimm's written version; traditionally it is the first story in their collection. – Although the story is best known today through the Grimm Brothers' rendition of it, parts of it may extend back until at least Roman times; a version of the story is apparently referred to in Petronius's Satyricon, in which the character Trimalchio remarks that, «qui fuit rana nunc est rex» («The man who was once a frog is now a king.»). Other scholars, however, argue that this may actually be a jab at the emperor Nero, who was often mockingly compared to a frog. In the tale, a spoil…