This time, the toad herself accompanies the youngest prince, riding in a cardboard carriage drawn by rats, with hedgehogs for outriders, a mouse for a coachman, and two frogs as footmen.

[2][3] This translation was slightly revised and altered by Marian Edwardes and included as "Cherry the Frog-Bride" in Grimm's Household Tales (1912).

[4] In a parallel tale from the Grimms, The Three Feathers, there is no scene of garden theft, and the frog's origin is never explained.

In Lang's version, the owner of the parsley garden is a witch who demands that the girl be handed over to her, as in Rapunzel.

[5] Gail Carson Levine adapted this story in her children's book For Biddle's Sake.

Puddocky also shares parallels with Type 310, "The Maiden in the Tower", including tales such as Rapunzel.

To divide his kingdom between his sons, the king challenges the prince and his brother to bring home beautiful brides.