A sketch by Jean-Pierre Martinez
One – Life’s unfair, really…
Two – What?
One – We toads are stigmatised, aren’t we?
Two – Oh yes…? What makes you say that…?
One – Well… I don’t know anyone who dreams of being reincarnated as a toad, do you?
Two – Yeah… That’s probably why they invented that story.
One – What story?
Two – The one about the toad who turns into Prince Charming.
One – As long as you can find a princess willing to kiss a toad. That doesn’t leave us with much hope, really.
Two – True.
One – Do you think it’s ever actually happened, a toad turning into Prince Charming?
Two – What’s certain is that, with age, every Prince Charmings ends up turning into toads.
Blackout.
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A sketch from the collection Of Animals and Men
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