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Bertie’s Christmas Storynory
By HRH Prince Bertie the Frog Download the audio here.
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Now, this morning it is a bit cold in this part of the world. Mr Frosty has been to visit, and the vegetable patch is white and glistening. There is ice on the pond.
Brrrr, said Colin the Carp. It is too cold in this stupid pond.
You know what today is, don’t you? said Bertie.
Nope, said Tim the Tadpole, who had not learned to say no properly yet.
It is Christmas, said Bertie.
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Bertie, Tim the Tadpole, Sadie the Swan, the Lovely Princess Beatrice, and even Colin the Grumpy Carp, all wish you a Wonderful Christmas and a very Happy Holidays wherever you are in the world!
In this special Storynory you can hear how Bertie used to enjoy Christmas when he was a handsome Prince. Now he is a frog, he is rather sad that he is left out of the celebrations at the Palace, but the Lovely Princess Beatrice comes to the rescue.
Read by Natasha Lee-Lewis. Duration 8 minutes.
Now, this morning it’s a bit cold in this part of the world. Mr Frosty has been to visit, and the vegetable patch is white and glistening. There’s ice on the pond.
“Brrrr,” sai Colin the Carp. It’s too cold in this stupid pond.”
“You know what today is, don’t you?” said Bertie.
“Nope,” said Tim the Tadpole, who hadn’t learn to say “no” properly yet.
“It’s Christmas,” said Bertie.
“Not interested,” said Colin, who is a very grumpy fish who doesn’t like anything much. Not even Christmas.
“What’s Christmas?” asked Tim.
Everybody was used to Little Tim asking stupid questions, but Prince Bertie was amazed that his friend hadn’t heard of Christmas.
“You don’t know about Christmas, young Tim,” boomed Bertie. “My, my. I’ll show you. Let’s go over to the palace.”
“But I can’t walk,” said Tim. “I haven’t got any legs.”
So Tim climbed onto Bertie’s back, and then Bertie hopped up the garden to the palace. Tim was a bit frightened, because he had never left the pond before.
“Hold on there, little Tim,” boomed Bertie as he leapt up onto a ledge.
They looked through the window. Tim was amazed, as he saw the Christmas tree with the lights sparkling on it. And he saw all the children opening their presents, and the huge feast on the table. “I’ve never seen anything so magical, Bertie,’ he said. “How I wish we could have Christmas down on the pond.”
And Bertie felt a little tear in his froggy eye as he thought of all the lovely Christmasses he had enjoyed when he was a prince, opening hundreds of presents, and stuffing himself with chocolates and mince pies and cake until he felt quite sick. And he rememberd how in the afternoon, when he had taken his nap, he would go out onto the balcony of the Palace and make a special Christmas Speech to all the crowds of people who came to see him. “May you all be happy this coming year”, he would say, “And thank you for all the toys and lovely presents you sent me for Christmas.’
And then Princess Beatrice, who is as kind as she is beautiful, would go to the hospital, and give some of Bertie’s toys to the poorly little children who were spending Christmas there. Prince Bertie had so many toys, that he didn’t really mind letting her give some away, although he probably would have minded if somebody not quite so lovely as Princes Beatrice had done it. .
And so Bertie sat on the window ledge remembering all the happy Christmasses he had spent in the past. But then he remembered how he had been turned into a frog, and how the Lovely Princess Beatrice could no longer marry him. He would never spend another Christmas with Princess Beatrice now. “Sniff Sniff, Croak Croak” he said, because this was the saddest Christmas Day he had ever spent.
Just then, as Bertie was crying some more froggy tears, the door of the palace opened. The noise startled Bertie, and he fell from the window ledge onto the ground. “Argghhh,” he croaked. “Eeeekkkkk,” yelped Tim.
“Oh, look, there’s a frog,” said Princess Beatrice, as she stepped onto the pathway.
And she picked him up in her hand and carried him back to the pond. She didn’t even notice little Tim who was clinging by his tail with all his might, hanging on to Bertie’s big toe.
Bertie felt very happy to be so close to the Princess Beatrice again, because he loved her so very much. But he also felt a bit sad, because she didn’t realise he was Prince Bertie at all and just thought he was a frog.
And how he longed to be a Prince again. “Croak! Croak!” he said. But Princes Beatrice just laughed because she could not understand any of his croaks. Then she put him down by the side of the pond, and she took a mince pie out of her handbag, where she always kept nice things in case she saw a little child or a furry animal to whom she could give a present. “I’m sure all the creatures who live in the pond would like that,” she said, in the loveliest, gentlest voice that Tim the Tadpole had ever heard.
Colin the Grumpy Carp wanted to look out of the water at her, but he banged his head on the ice. “Mince pies!” he grumped. “I don’t like them. Why can’t she give us some dead insects?”
“Oh, do be quiet Colin,” said Sadie the beautiful black Swan. “I think Christmas is lovely. I think we should celebrate it every year on the pond from now on.”
And if enough children keep listening to Berties Stories, perhaps by next year he will have turned back into a prince and he can marry the lovely Princess Beatrice. Then the Royal Couple will come down to the pond and bring lots and lots of mince pies and Christmas Pudding and fat juicy flies for the Pond Life to enjoy a super-duper lunch.
So tell all your friends to go to Storynory.com, to visit Bertie, and hear all his stories, so maybe next year Bertie will be able to open all his presents again in the palace with Princess Beatrice
Bertie is the guiding spirit of Storynory. Once he was a prince. Now he's a frog who tells stories.
Please reply: Bertie, how old are you?
very instering story
Hi Bertie and Natasha
Is Bertie still a frog and has he married princess Beatrice?
Hi bertie check out this story that my sister chloe that wrote to you about using the word Jolly she is a brillant atour infact thats here dream to become one my sister recomended it to me and i just copied it down here it is
the invasion of the chocolate bar
In a building, not a big, big building, though not a small building it was a Normal sized building.
In this very building some excitement was going on, “Hey, Everyone!” cried the inventor “I Just finished the best thing the world has ever seen!” “What, what “cried Mr Monopoly with excitement in his eyes. “I have just created a machine that can turn anything to life” replied The inventor, “Anything, anything even a sausage” Suggested Mr Monopoly “oh yes, It works practically on food” announced the inventor
That very evening when all the inventors had gone home, the care taker, Mr Plump was quickly scoffing a chocolate bar, This was not unusual for Mr Plump Because with a name like “Plump” you could easily guess that this old chap was an over weighted guy in fact if you have never met him before you would mistake him as an elephant in disguise. Well any way back to the story. After scoffing about 16 chocolate bars, the new invention caught his eye, He strolled up to it but checking no one was watching him he decided to try it out. He reached in his pocket for the last chocolate bar; he placed it directly opposite the Machine and was just about to hit the button when he started to have second thoughts. “What about if it does work and the chocolate bar comes to get his revenge as I ate his relatives?” “But what if I break the wonderful creation?” But then a smug smile began to appear in his over sized face, You see as he loved chocolate bars so much he thought the machine would turn it double if a not triple sized. So he reached forward with his chubby arm and pressed the button.
After a long pause the caretaker got bored and thought the machine was a big ripe off. So with disappointment in his eyes he strolled off back home.
As soon as the fat caretaker had left, the chocolate bar had grown two little legs and two little arms and was quietly running around the building at a surprisingly fast speed.
Meanwhile when all this trouble was applauding, a young girl who went by the name of Kaci was getting ready to play a prank on her dad. Kaci was all ways playing pranks on her dad in fact her friends used to call her Chaos Kaci, this was because she was always causing some sort of miss happen wherever she is like the time she put her fake pope in her dad’s drink while she was climbing a mountain I Tibet, or time she tricked her dad in to entering the basement all though it was filled with rats! But on the other hand she was a kind and truthful person who was always giving a hand when it was possible.
The very next day, when the top scientist discovered that the building was full of chocolate bars they ran to call the pest exterminator. But instead of dialling 1101178 they accidently typed in 110118 which happened to be Kaci’s number. As Kaci was a bit of a prankster she did indeed agree to sort the problem out.
Dear Chloe, I don’t think we use “jolly” so much these days – though I take your point.
I love these bertie stories but there is one thing you could improve if you could stop usig the word “Jolly” you are always using this word “Jolly well” the most so why don’t you use it when needed and use a differnt word hope that helps- Chloe
oh the website i made when i was 4 so it’s not that good but if you make an account it will be a fun game to play!
that is really nice as other stories in storynory.com.
I am new To Storyrosy
I like it a lot. It is great!
Hi Bertie! I love this story! Please make another story about the life on the pond, I like them better than the ones about Bertie as a prince.
Love
Storynory fan
I love your story so much!!!!
It was okay but I have read better story’s and better singers like one direction so ut was a terrible endding
This was great but I have read a better story on this website so I have to say it was not so good
Awesome story!
P.S ( I love this website!)
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST STORIES I HAVE READ!!!
Have u ever played dradle, Bertie?
i never knew he had a ipod or ipad
MORE ASTROPUPS PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Bertie, make a Hanukkah story,please!!!!!!!!!
Hey yo great book yay go christmas
I think that you sould make stories for 8 to11year old stories as well
i mean think
i thunk u should delete all the bad commants
It was a good story personally bertie I am smart and am good at learning people’s secrets not frogs peoples u know what I mean PLZ write back
How come natasha understands the pondlife and the other people don’t?
bertie do you have a real i pod
Wow Bertie very good storynory I really liked this one really good christmas story by the way
hi natasha your awesome!@$$$
i love this story its great!!!
It’s very difficult to lisen but it’s very nice and I like it
it is a beautiful story
thank you
some of the sentences dont make sence
P:
hi natasha u have good storys
hi natasha
i love this story
When would onother Bertie story come
Thank you Sofia. It’s really nice to know that you listen every day and that our stories have helped your English.
I love Bertie’s stories.
I am a spanish girl and I hear everyday one or two stories.
Now I speak very good english.
I’m going to tell all my friends to listen storynory
you spelt the wrong
i love berties story . and i like storynory.com. i will say all my friends to visit storynory.com. bye
I love Prince Bertie but I like eatting frog 555
really like it!
wow this is the best story ever!
Dear Cynthia, we are working on some new Bertie stories.
Do you have anymore Bertie story’s?
dear bertie,
what is the first book you read?
this story is tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo crazy…………..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,////////////????????????????????????????$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
MERRY CHRISTMASS BERTIE:DD
best story in the whole world Bertie u the best author in the world and u will always be Bertie thank prince Bertie
wow!
very very amazing..why do you think Christmas is sad? I don’t think so.don’t know? I have downloaded some Bertie and Katie stories.they load without a fuss a little nor.Funny,Amazing,Nymphful,That’s Storynory!
(^^^)
kool like awesome kool
kool like awesome kool
I love Christmas do you Bertie????? I love opening my presents!!!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Hello, This story was great!! :)
it is very nice
Poor Colin the carp!
P.S Please have Colin reply .
a bertie merry christmas
good love it!
Dear Dena, Thank you for letting us know. If they feel sad, imagine how I feel ! But tell them not to worry. It’s not so bad really being a frog.
I hope you can turn back into a prince again!
Hi Bertie,
I had told many of my friends to come and listen to your stories, they said they like some of your stories. But sometimes they feel a bit sad when they here some your stories like how you turned into a frog.
Dena
That’s soooo sad!
Dear Kevan, thanks for the suggestion. I did ask Santa last year, but as always, he was in such a rush, that he couldn’t stop to help me.
“Please reply” Can’t you ask Santa to turn you into Prince Bertie?
cool and awasome
realy funny and awesome!!!!!!
birtie, you shod tell natasha to tell beachres that you are bertie. sinpel.
plz resPOND. ha ha! (i like YOU more then lego`s)
hi birtie i herd that you are a rele. if, you are rele, ware do you live?(in rele live)
Dear Megan, Cross My heart and hope to die.
tell the truth bertie
Hi Megan, Sorry I’m not always here to answer right away, but you are right, Colin can be a bit unpleasant sometimes. And yes, I’m a real true prince, and much better brought up than that carp.
bbbbbeeeeerrrrrrtttttiiiiieeeee
colin is the nastyest carp i’ve ever heard of.
thank you ^.^
Bertie,how in the world do you come up with these fabulous stories?! You should go on TV one day!!!!!!!!!!!
Your greatest fan,
Michelle Lee^^
Hello Answer Me ! Here’s a quick story. Once upon a time there were two sisters called Nooria and Maria. They went down to the pond and saw a frog. Nooria said, “I’m going to kiss that frog and maybe he will turn into a prince and I will marry him and become a princess.” And Maria said, no I’m going to kiss him first, and I will become the princess. And Nooria said, “No you won’t because I saw him first.” So they both kissed him at the same time, and do you know what happened? He turned into two princes. And that’s the story of Norria and Maria. Bye Bye !
bretie is da story ready now?
All the stories are all toooooooooooooooooooooo long!!!!!!!!
Y LOVE CHIRSTMAS STORY IS THE BEST EVER STORY THANK YOU NATSHA FOR READING ME THIS STORY . NOT TO BAD ,AND I LOVE ALL THIS STORY in stori nory…….
BRETIE IM STILL WAITIN FOR STORY
this is a fantatic story. keep tellng wondeful storys natasha
cool
this is fantastic story! keep telling wonderful story Natasha :)
I celebrate christmas. story was a good one.
good!
how interesting it is !
I LOVE ???
I LOVE ???
Thanks for the story. I love the Prince Bertie stories!
I’m from Denmark. And I really enjoyed this story!!!!!!
I LIKE THE STORY IT’S FANTASTIC!
I Like the story IT’S A FANTASTIC STORY
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thank you very much ????
Hi Prantha, Thanks for your nice comment !
I REALLY LIKE YOUR STORIES.
LOVE
PRATHNA PATEL
good
Hello Bertie,
It is a wanderful story……….
Please write more stories on Princess Beartirce.
GreAt stOrY
ExCEllEnt StoRy
WanDERFuLl StoRy
greast
very nice story
very toching story as well
I LIKE THE STORY IT IS GREAT.
esto es muy bonito por los juegos
i like the games an this is very nace
lo que mas me gusta de esto es el juego de santa claus
this is very iteresant
this is very nace my favourite game is santas game
this is very nace i like onli the games