This is a tale told to young Hans by his Uncle Fritz. It involves Fritz as a young lad and his grandfather. His grandfather told Fritz told he must never, never tell anyone about the frogs that lived in the forest and he would take him and show him the frogs. A wicked old woman had put a curse on the Princess and her court and turned them into frogs. Young Fritz worked very hard to try to free the frogs from the curse. When things he tried didn’t work he didn’t give up.