Once upon a time, there was an old couple in the Great Black Mountains who made a living planting melons and beans. They were over sixty years old, and still had no children and no daughters, and lived a cold and quiet life. The flowerless field butterflies looked down, and the childless couple was angry with others. The poor old couple often sighed at the toad in the field: I don't want a good man or a beautiful woman, but a son or daughter like the toad is also a joy in my heart.

One year, a very big pumpkin grew in the old couple's melon field. They took the pumpkin home and cut it with a knife, and a bowl-sized toad jumped out of the pumpkin. The toad fell to the ground without a "goo-goo" cry, but spoke human language. The affectionate called "father," then "mother," and said to the old couple, "I am your son, and I am your doll." The old couple did not think the toad was ugly, nor did they think the toad was ugly. They held the toad in their arms, you carried it, and I carried it.

Todemai opened eighteen times, and the toad grew to eighteen years old. He knows everything in the world; it knows everything in the work on earth. Old couple, the old waiter is drunk like drinking rice wine, and the old mother is happy like eating honey.

Unexpectedly, one day Toad said to the old couple: "Father and mother, I want to ask for a daughter-in-law. Let the daughter-in-law bring you food and water, so that you can enjoy a few days of happiness." The old couple hurriedly said: "My dear, you have lost this idea. Which girl will come to our house as a daughter-in-law!" Toad smiled and said: "I heard that the princess of the king's house is very beautiful, and I want to ask the king's princess..." The old couple said anxiously: "Oh, my dear, don't say it, I'm worried that if it is heard by others, it will be caused by the king's ears." Toad said confidently: "Don't worry, it won't be beheaded. As long as I say it myself, the king will marry his princess to me." After saying that, he jumped away.

The toad came to the palace and said to the king, "Dear king, please marry the princess to me as my daughter-in-law." When the king heard this, he was furious: "You are a toad who wants to eat swan meat. Pull it down for me and chop it into meat sauce!"

The toad said, "Dear King, I'm afraid I'll roast your whole family to death with the sun."

The king shouted to the guard again, "Don't listen to his nonsense! Pull it down!"

Without waiting for the guards to rush over, the toad shouted "coo-coo" to the sky. In an instant, the sun turned into a big fireball, roasting the entire palace hot. The king, queen, prince, and princess were so hot that tears fell like rain, and their mouths were open and they were panting.

The king only agreed to marry his daughter to the toad, and said while panting, "Oh, the toad, forgive me, I will marry the princess to you. You can marry in three days."

The toad called out to the sky again: "Goo-goo," and the sun returned to its original state.

After three days, the toad rode a tall horse and came to the palace to marry. The king immediately sent a team of people to support the bride and protect the bride from the toad's house. Unexpectedly, when he opened the black veil, he saw that the bride was not the king's princess, but a one-eyed girl. So the toad was angry, got on the tall horse, rushed into the palace, and questioned the king: "Hmph! You are a dignified king, how dare you lie to the people and marry a girl like a princess to me!"

The king saw that he had not lied to the toad, so he said, "Toad, don't you think about it, you are soaked in lesions, ugly, and like a devil, how can you be worthy of marrying my princess? Okay, I will give you some more gold and silver, as a dowry gift, you can marry that girl.

The toad sneered and said, "Don't treat me like a little baby, I just want to ask your princess to be your daughter-in-law. If you don't give it, I'll drown your whole family in water!"

The king sank his face and said, "If you don't give it, you won't give it!"

The toad squawked twice in the sky, and in an instant it began to rain heavily. The whole palace was soaked in water, and the king was frightened to beg for mercy, saying, "Okay, okay, okay, I will marry the princess to you. In three days, come and get married."

The toad called twice to the sky, and the rain stopped and the water receded.

After three days, the toad rode a tall horse to pick up the marriage again, and the king sent another team to escort the bride to the toad's house. Halfway through, the toad was suspicious and afraid that the king would deceive it, so he uncovered the black veil on the bride's face and saw that the bride was a black, thin and old beggar. The toad was furious, turned his horse's head, and rushed into the palace. He asked the king again, "Wow, you don't have a good reputation. This time I will make a big earthquake , destroy all your palace, and bury all your family."

When the king heard that, he was frightened and hurriedly said, "Uh! Don't be busy, don't be busy, I won't lie to you in the future. Come pick up your relatives in three days."

Three days later, the toad came to the palace again on a tall horse, and this time it really brought the king's princess home. The old couple smiled happily, as if they were thirty years younger. They treated the princess as their own daughter, and the toad was very considerate to the princess. The princess used to just walk around the house all day, unwilling to go out or see people, frowning and sad every day. Later, she also changed. She felt that although the toad was ugly and had a good conscience, and although the family was poor and warm, she was filial and thoughtful to her in-laws and cared about everything about the toad.

One day, Toad wanted to see if the princess was really in love with him, so he came up with an idea. He gave some money to the princess and told her to buy some things in the street. When the princess left, Toad took off his toad skin and became a beautiful young man. He took a shortcut and rushed to the princess's front. When he saw the princess, he sang a folk song, but the princess ignored him. He said to the princess again, "I heard that you are the princess of the king's house, and your man is a thick, short, ugly man covered with pulp. You are such a beautiful princess, and you are willing to marry it?"

When the princess heard that, she became angry and spat "bah," saying, "No matter how ugly my man is, he is better than your shameless thing." After saying that, they left.

The next day, at dawn, the princess woke up and found that the young man she met on the way yesterday was sleeping next to her. I don't know what to do. Just as she was about to get up and run away, she found a toad skin by the bed. She realized that her man was a young and beautiful young man. Not to prevent him from becoming ugly again, she quietly threw the toad skin into the fire pond. At this time, the young man also woke up and saw that the toad skin had been burned by the princess. He told her that he was the star of the plough bottom in the sky, and he came to earth because he sympathized with the old couple.

From then on, the young couple loved each other, worshipped the elderly together, and lived a happy life.