A Story Without the Letter "L"

A recent Plinky prompt: A short story without the letter "L"

It's definitely harder than it looks, and I couldn't think of a decent storyline (watching out for those pesky Ls is distracting!), so I just rewrote a classic fairy tale, with a twist I got from a picture somewhere (if only I could find it!)

Here goes:

Once upon a time there was a frog, who made a nearby pond his habitat. The pond was in the midst of the forest, and the frog enjoyed basking in the sun atop his green pad, and zapping bugs for food. One day, a pretty person of the XX-chromosome persuasion sat at the edge of the pond, tossing an amber sphere into the air. She wore a saddened expression on her face and threw the toy up and down in an absentminded fashion. In a sudden moment, the sphere escaped her grasp and dropped into the pond. She gasped in dismay and watched her favorite toy sink to the bottom of the pond. The frog heard her cries and hopped over to see what was wrong. Once she imparted what had happened, the frog dove to the bottom of the pond and retrieved the amber orb. She was so overjoyed she picked up the frog and kissed him. That's when she noticed the bright hues on the frog-- red, azure and saffron. She started to experience some strange sensations-- dizziness, then nausea, then her vision started to go dark. As she dropped to the ground her ending thoughts were of her kin and of the gorgeous but dangerous frog who had rescued her toy... at the expense of her very being. The poisonous frog gazed at her in a serene manner, took up the honey-hued orb and dove down into the water, adding it to his amassment of toys gathered from imprudent princesses who acted before thinking. The End.

Whew! Let's just say I'm grateful the prompt didn't call for a story lacking the letter "E"! Eep! ;-)