A poor woman lived in the country with her three daughters. On a certain feast day, she would make pancakes. The eldest daughter was sent out to draw water from the well. When she pulled up the bucket, there was a frog in it.

"Frog, would you get out of there?" she asked.

Its reply was, "If you are willing to marry me."

"Not on your life!" said the girl. She emptied the bucket and drew again, but no matter how often she tried, the frog was back in the water every time. Eventually, she came home empty handed.

Then the second daughter went out, but returned with the same result.

Finally, the youngest daughter ventured the journey, and when she too was made the demand of a marriage, she consented to it. Immediately, the frog leapt from the bucket. The girl drew clean water and went home, whilst her fiancé was tripping along behind her.

Now the mother started making pancakes. Everybody was enjoying them, and the frog, sitting next to the chair of his bride, was given his share so generously that he constantly tumbled down when he tried to climb the stairs, because he had become so fat and round from all this food. In the end, the girl picked him up and carried him to the small spare room, where he would be spending the night.

When dawn broke, she heard more hustle and bustle from this room than was to be expected from such a tiny animal, and when the door opened, a handsomely dressed prince appeared. He told her he had been bewitched and transformed into a frog. Only the promise of marriage to a sweet girl could save him. And her reward was, of course, that she would now become a princess, while the other sisters would perish with envy and remorse.