“Prince Dung Beetle” by Franz Xaver Von Schonwerth, from The Turnip Princess
“Prince Dung Beetle” by Franz Xaver Von Schonwerth, from The Turnip Princess A poor girl, Barbara, went out to find medicine for her sick mother. Leaping over a paving stone, she slipped and nearly crushed a dung beetle. Startled, she is nonplussed, then sobs. The beetle slides under her and takes her to the druggist and then back home. He is gone before she can thank him. She and her mother see a prince with retinue on the horizon. He waltzes into the room and tells her her love has freed him from his spell of many years, to be abused as a beetle, like he had done to insects as a boy. He…
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