They seem to be less realistic than folktales, like they have something improbable happening—a frog turning into a prince, say.

它们似乎没有民间故事那么真实，包含一些不太可能发生的事，比如一只青蛙变成了王子。

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She bent down to kiss the frog, but ended up kissing a prince.

她弯下腰去亲吻青蛙，结果吻到的却是一位王子。

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Unless your father was a prince with a shady past, you probably haven't thought much about how related you are to a frog lately.

你一定没有深想自己与青蛙究竟有多亲，除非你父亲是个倒霉的落难王子。

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Roads skirt walled villages with castles fit for Sleeping Beauty, and picture-perfect towns tumble down to lakesides where sailboats bob in the sunset in search of the Frog Prince.

BBC: The classic Bavarian road trip

"The frog in his throat has a long way to go before it can hope to turn into prince, " the pair's piece concluded.

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