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Emily brings a collection of ornamental enamel pieces. For a while these are a cat and a bird, but later they decide that it is a necklace of jewels for a frog princess who doesn't fancy any of the young princes, so she kisses a frog...

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1. Once upon a time,

2. not so long ago,

3. there was a little girl, and her name was Emily.

4. And she had a shop.

5. There it is!

6. It was rather an unusual shop because it didn't sell anything.

7. You see, everything in that shop window

8. was a thing that somebody had once lost

9. and Emily had found

10. and brought home to Bagpuss.

11. Emily's cat, Bagpuss.

12. The most important

13. the most beautiful

14. the most magical

15. saggy, old cloth cat in the whole wide world.

16. Well, now, one day, Emily found a thing.

17. And she brought it back to the shop

18. and put it down in front of Bagpuss

19. who was in the shop window, fast asleep as usual.

20. But then, Emily said some magic words:

21. "Bagpuss, dear Bagpuss,

22. old fat furry cat-puss,

23. wake up and look at this thing that I bring

24. Wake up, be bright, be golden and light.

25. Bagpuss, oh, hear what I sing!"

26. And Bagpuss was wide awake.

27. And when Bagpuss wakes up, all his friends wake up, too.

28. The mice on the mouse organ woke up and stretched.

29. Madeleine the rag doll.

30. Gabriel the toad.

31. And last of all, Professor Yaffle

32. who is a very distinguished old woodpecker.

33. He climbed down off his bookend

34. and went to see what it was that Emily had brought.

35. Nerp, nerp, nerp, nerp, nerp.

36. Well...

37. that's a heap of bits of pieces of metal,

38. painted or enamelled by the look of them.

39. I haven't the slightest idea what they are.

40. Bagpuss, what do you think they are?

41. Ooh. Ah, hm. I really don't know.

42. I think one of them looks a bit like a bird.

43. Yes, and the other one,

44. I think it's a cat.

45. Nerp, nerp, nerp, nerp, nerp.

46. All that is all very well,

47. but it doesn't tell us anything more

48. about what these things are.

49. I think they are all that is left

50. of the crown and jewels of a frog princess.

51. A frog princess?

52. Ridiculous! There's no such thing!

53. There are in fairy stories.

54. Yes, fairy story!

55. Yes, tell us the princess fairy story.

56. Yes, please. Tell us, please!

57. Alright, alright.

58. I'll tell you a story.

59. In fact, I will sing you a story

60. if Gabriel will please play for me

61. and Bagpuss will please think for me.

62. Oh, alright, what shall I think of?

63. Think of a beautiful water princess

64. wearing a tiny silver crown.

65. Oh, yes. Yes, alright, with pleasure!

66. There! A water princess.

67. Thank you.

68. There, you see, that was the rule.

69. A water princess had to marry somebody.

70. But the trouble was,

71. she didn't like any of those proud, stupid water lords.

72. She just couldn't bring herself to choose one of them.

73. But suddenly, she had an idea.

74. Eh? What?

75. T-That's not the end of the story!

76. Oh, what happened next?

77. You can't just stop

78. in the middle of the story like that.

79. What did the water lords do next?

80. Ooh, they're still looking for the crown, I expect.

81. You can see them sometimes.

82. Nerp, nerp, nerp, nerp. Nonsense, rubbish!

83. Dragonflies are just dragonflies.

84. They aren't water princes searching for anything.

85. They're just sort of large flies.

86. I know, I know! It's only a story.

87. Not a word of it is true.

88. It's a watery fairytale.

89. Yes, I daresay,

90. but whatever sort of story it is,

91. you haven't finished it yet.

92. I mean, what happened to the crown?

93. Oh, I don't know.

94. I expect it fell back into the water

95. and she collected it later.

96. No, she didn't.

97. Eh? Didn't she?

98. No, I'll tell you what happened.

99. That was a watery fairytale, so this is a frog fairytale.

100. Now, then, I'll tell you.

101. Bagpuss!

102. Eh? Huh?

103. On that pond, there was a lily pad,

104. and on that lily pad, there was a frog.

105. A frog, you know. A bit like me, only greener.

106. A frog on a lily pad?

107. Oh. Oh, alright. If you insist.

108. That's right, well, this frog, he looked up

109. and he saw the crown flying past.

110. He thought it was a fly,

111. so he shoots out his long tongue catching it.

112. Glop! Just like that.

113. Luckily, he didn't swallow it.

114. He didn't fancy the taste of it and he spat it out.

115. Now, he saw what it was,

116. and being a frog, and sensible, he dived into the water with it.

117. He knew the princess would be pleased to have her crown back

118. and would give him a reward.

119. So he took the crown back to the princess

120. and gave it to her.

121. But for some reason,

122. she didn't seem all that pleased to get it.

123. She looked sad and she said,

124. "So you have brought me back my crown."

125. And the frog said, "Y-Yes, I have.

126. I thought you'd like it back."

127. The princess looked even sadder.

128. "And now, I suppose you'll claim your reward."

129. "Oh, well, I-I wouldn't put it quite like that," said the frog,

130. "but, uh, yes, well, you know.

131. Uh, a trifle for my trouble would be welcome."

132. The princess heaved a heavy sigh.

133. "Ah, me, it is my fault for being so proud.

134. But what must be must be!

135. Frog, I will marry you!"

136. "You will do no such thing," said the frog.

137. "But I must," said the princess,

138. "I said I would marry whoever brought back my crown,

139. and you brought it back, so it is you I must marry."

140. "But I'm a frog!

141. I don't want to marry a princess.

142. I just thought you'd like your crown back

143. and, uh, you might give me a reward or something.

144. I fancied one of your crystallised star berries.

145. Or a glacé lugworm, something like that."

146. "I'm sorry," said the princess,

147. "I must keep my promise.

148. But don't worry,

149. I do not have to marry you as you are.

150. After all, this is a fairytale,

151. and I have but to place a tender magic kiss

152. upon your ugly brow,

153. and you will turn into a handsome prince."

154. "Oh, no, you don't," said the frog,

155. keeping well out of reach.

156. "I'm frog, and I want to stay frog!

157. I'm not turning into any handsome prince,

158. thank you very much."

159. The princess sighed again.

160. "Oh, frog, how sensible you are.

161. You've no idea how boring it is

162. being a beautiful princess

163. surrounded by all those proud, stupid lords.

164. I often wish I could be something ordinary,

165. like a frog."

166. "Well, why didn't you say that in the first place,"

167. said the frog.

168. He hopped forward and placed a tender magic kiss

169. upon the princess's brow.

170. At once, in a flash of watery magic,

171. the princess became a frog.

172. A green, knobbly, squishy frog just like him.

173. They were married and lived happily ever after.

174. There, that's how all the best fairytales end.

175. Frog fairytales are no different from any others.

176. Oh.

177. It is a bit different, I should say.

178. Uh, frogs indeed! Nerp, nerp, nerp.

179. What happened to the princess's crown

180. and her jewels and things?

181. Well, you know what happened!

182. They turned into the crown and jewels

183. of a frog princess.

184. Only of course she wasn't a princess anymore,

185. so she just swam away and left them.

186. There they are.

187. Of course!

188. That's right.

189. Jewels for a frog princess.

190. Jewels for a frog princess.

191. The mice pulled it to the front of the window

192. and left it there.

193. So that it a frog princess,

194. or whoever it really belonged to,

195. should happen to come past,

196. they would see it there

197. and come into the shop to collect it.

198. And so, their work was done.

199. Bagpuss gave a big yawn

200. and settled down to sleep.

201. And of course, when Bagpuss goes to sleep,

202. all his friends go to sleep, too.

203. The mice were ornaments on the mouse organ.

204. Gabriel and Madeleine were just dolls.

205. Professor Yaffle was a carved wooden bookend

206. in the shape of a woodpecker.

207. Even Bagpuss himself,

208. once he was asleep,

209. was just an old, saggy cloth cat,

210. baggy and a bit loose at the seams.

211. But Emily loved him.