Romeo and Kermit?

Once upon a time in a land far far away there lived a frog named Henry.

Henry was a well educated frog from a well to do frog family from the right side of the pond.

Henry fell in love with Robertina. Robertina was from the other side of the pond. Henry's parents did not approve of Henry's affections for Robertina. It wasn't that she was from the other side of the pond. They could deal with that. It was that Robertina was purple.

One day Henry rolled up his tongue and nervously asked his father for permission to marry Robertina. His dad almost fell off his lily pad. He croaked "NO!" Henry, regained his balance, spread his flippes as wide as they would spread, and proceeded to plead with his father. His begging was intermixed with demanding due to his strong feelings.

Henry would have been thrown into the muck had it not been for the arrival of his mother. She could see in the color of her husband's face that something was not right. After listening to Henry plead his case she sat silent for a long time. Finally Henry's dad spoke.

He asked Henry how he would deal with people staring at him with a purple frog as a wife and what if they had tadpoles and they were purple. Henry calmly explained that it would not be easy and he and Robertina would need the support of their families to get them through the tough times.

Henry's mother finally spoke and told Henry that she was proud that he was choosing love over fear and was not concerned with the outside of Robertina but what was on the inside. Henry's father echoed his approval and pride. He granted Henry permission to marry Robertina the purple frog.

After Henry's mom hopped off to check on the tadpoles Henry explained to his dad that he was all that noble... he actually thought Robertina was kind of hot on the outside too and his favorite color had always been purple. They laughed as only male frogs can laugh and watched the sun set a little lower as the mosquito cloud began to rise.

Courage, love and yummy bugs... ain't life grand?!