PROMISES & PERCEPTION · ENGLISH · 13:37
The Frog Prince
What is a promise worth when keeping it is difficult?
Begin with listening.
Free English audiobook with music and sound design.
THE ILLUSTRATED AUDIOBOOK
See the world of the story.
PAINTED MOMENTS
A closer look.
AI-assisted illustrations from TQF Studio’s edition.
A MOMENT FOR YOURSELF
Which promises reveal who we are when nobody is watching?
Bring your own experience to the story. Notice what feels familiar, what challenges you, and what you hear differently this time.
SOURCE & PRODUCTION
Every telling has a history.
Original tale: The Frog King, or Iron Henry, Brothers Grimm, Kinder- und Hausmärchen, seventh edition, 1857, KHM 1. English translation and production: TQF Studio (Tan Quy Family), with AI-assisted translation and imagery and synthetic narration created with Google AI Studio.
For adult listeners. This edition retains dark events from the Grimm tale. Studio reflections are presented separately from the tale.
Music & sound credits
Music: Frédéric Chopin, Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 and Prelude Op. 28 No. 13. Recordings from Musopen / The Complete Chopin Collection, Internet Archive; performers unidentified. CC0 1.0: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Source: https://archive.org/details/musopen-chopin
Forest ambience: Forest Wind with Birds Singing by Eryliaa, used within the finished sound mix under the Pixabay Content License. https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/nature-forest-wind-with-birds-singing-364368/
License: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/
Sound effects include CC0 recordings from Joseph Sardin / BigSoundBank, Kenney, rubberduck and laleksic / OpenGameArt. Recordings are edited with excerpts, gain changes, fades and mixing.