Ribbit Page #2

I'm escaping.

Well, I'm not going

to come look for you, you know!

And there could be bad things

out there!

Well, nothing could be

as bad as staying here.

But you could get hurt, eaten.

I'm poisonous, remember?

Nothing to worry about.

What can go wrong?

Grrr... fine, just go!

Leave! I don't care anymore.

Just go! Argh!

Huh.

Phew! I'm exhausted.

I've been going for hours.

Wow... I wonder where I am.

Om...

Wha...

The journey

of a thousand miles...

begins with, uh... om.

Who... who are you?

Ssh... mind your silence.

I mean, let your mind be silent.

Silence your troubled heart and

embrace your, uh quiet mouth.

Silence and listen.

Okay, but I don't hear anything.

Precisely, that is it...

the loudness of the silence.

Oh, the loudness of the silence.

I don't understand.

Hah-hah, this I already know,

my friend.

My name is Deepak, and I am

here to help you understand.

There are many things

you do not know, correct?

Questions that life presents us.

You? You know?

I know.

You know the answers to my questions?

About my place in the world? How?

How? How? Oh, I know, I know...

I know,

because I... I have seen.

How? How?

You know, I... I, uh...

Ali Bab... quantum physics.

Whoa.

Through meditation, my friend,

whole new vistas are open to me.

Wow! That's... that's great!

Can you... can you show me?

But of course, just...

just be quiet.

Now breathe deep...

breathe in and out.

In... and out.

In... hold that one.

And out.

Now look into my eyes.

Okay.

Argh! He is so frustrating.

Trying to convince him

of his true worth.

Argh! He is such a... guy!

But I can't just

leave him like that.

I can't desert him.

Nobody deserves that.

Ribbit! Ribbit!

Om.

You feel like you

are in a deep, deep sleep.

What do you call it?

A trance.

That's it, trance.

Yes, you, you, frog...

what do you seek most?

My destiny, my... my place...

the reason I'm here.

Oh, yes, yes!

Most definitely I can see it.

I see it. I can totally

see your destiny!

What? What is it you see?

Oh, it is something,

let me tell you.

You, my friend,

are no mere frog.

You are more than just

a tiny, little amphibian.

You, you have a place

above us all.

On top of the trees?

Higher!

In the skies?

I'm a flying frog?

What? No, no, no.

Same, same, but different.

Your destiny is much higher

than that, my friend.

You are no mere frog.

Then, I'm human?

Huh? Okay, yeah, sure, why not?

Yeah, you are human.

You were cursed by the...

the, oh, um, let me see.

Uh, give me one minute, om,

minute, uh...

uh, terrible, an evil glitch.

An evil witch?

Yes, yes, that is it,

an evil witch.

And, and you are no ordinary

human, oh, no, my friend.

You were a prince.

I'm a human prince.

Cursed by an evil witch.

And you have lived your life

as a teensy, tine-sy frog.

Yes! That's why I've always

felt like I don't belong!

So, that's it! Yes!

Irey, Bob, ay, yah, yah!

Please, don't speak so loudly.

Yes.

Now, do you not want

that curse removed?

Okay, do I kiss a princess?

Huh? No, no, no, no.

No kissing, don't be gross.

There are no princesses

around here anyway.

But, there is another way.

There is?

Absolutely there is.

Close your eyes

and listen very closely.

I'm all ears.

Clearly I am, too.

But now you must chant with me.

Om... om.

Om...

Om... om.

Very good.

Lovely... and grateful.

Om... om...

Om...

Hey!

Ayee!

Ayee!

Get off my frog!

Friend, eh...

get off my friend!

Sandy, what are you

doing here?

What have you done to Deepak?

He was about to tell me

how to break the curse.

He was about to make

you his lunch!

That vampire bat just bit you.

You're lucky I showed up.

Hah! You're lucky

you're not dead!

Are you crazy

trying to bite me?

I'm poisonous!

You know, poison?

Beat it!

Ayee!

Ooh.

Ayee!

Deepak, wait!

Huh?

Argh, now what?

Yes, I get it, I'm a prince.

Need a kiss... yes, princess... Ribbit?

Ribbit? Ribbit!

Hey, what did you do

that for?

Snap out of it.

What is wrong with you?

You're mumbling to yourself

like a zombie.

Are you all right?

Huh? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Come on, let's go home.

I can't, I know what I am.

What I'm supposed to do.

Where are you going?

I just need to find the humans,

so I can kiss a princess.

Kiss a human? Ew!

Wait... why?

I was cursed, Sandy.

A wicked witch cursed me

and now I'm a frog.

What are you talking about?

Don't you get it, Sandy?

I'm a prince! A human prince!

I just need to get a princess to kiss

me and the curse will be broken.

Oh, of all the crazy things

you ever did.

Argh!

It's true. I finally

understand my destiny...

my purpose in life.

Your purpose

is to kiss a human?

Fine, Sandy, go ahead

and make fun of me, it's okay.

Because for once, finally,

it all makes sense.

So you really want to go

find the humans?

Okay, let's go.

You mean it?

Absolutely...

I'm not deserting you.

Great! That's great!

But... where?

Up... to the top

of the trees!

We can see everything

from up there.

Ribbit, can we please stop?

We can't stop now.

I... I just need to rest

for a while, you know?

It's been a long day.

Okay, but just for a while.

We've got a long way to go.

Wow, what a day?

I gotta tell you, Sandy,

the feeling is amazing.

You can't imagine what a relief it

is to finally know my purpose...

where I'm really meant to be.

You know, Ribbit, you don't have to

be anything other than just yourself.

I know that.

Well, this thing you

want to find so bad...

your place in the world.

Maybe it's not so hard

to discover after all.

You really think so?

Yeah, all it really amounts to is

just being where you want to be.

Up in the tree tops,

by the pond, who cares?

In the end, it's not really

about a specific place.

You know?

Yeah, I guess so.

But, if it's this important

to you, then we'll do it.

Because you're my best friend.

You've always been

there for me and...

well, that's important,

because, well...

the truth is, you're the most

important person in my life.

And I can't imagine not having

you there...

I mean here... beside me.

Do you understand

what I'm trying to say?

Ribbit? Ribbit?

Ah.

Ugh.

Are we there yet?

Ribbit, stop asking me that.

That's like the tenth time

in an hour.

We've been climbing

like forever.

Oh, and I thought you were Mister I want

to get a kiss from a human princess.

Where's your enthusiasm?

All I asked was

are we there yet? Jeez.

Look!

Wow.

I... wow.

It's magnificent.

Yeah.

I've never seen

anything like it.

So, now what?

Huh?

We wanted to get

to the top of the trees.

We're here. So now what?

I thought... I don't know, I thought we'd

be able to see the humans from here.

Or they'd have a kingdom

up here.

A kingdom in the sky?

So you think they like live

in the clouds or something?

Don't make fun of me, Sandy.

You know I didn't mean it

like that, Ribbit.

It must be here.

I mean, we should at least be

able to see it from here.

I know it.

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