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Princess on the Pea
Once upon a time there was a prince, he wanted to marry a princess, but only a real princess. So he traveled all over the world, looking for such, but everywhere there was something wrong; there were plenty of princesses, but whether they were real, he could not fully recognize this, there was always something wrong with them. So he returned home and was very sad: he really wanted a real princess.
One evening a terrible storm broke out; lightning flashed, thunder rumbled, the rain poured like buckets, what a horror! And suddenly there was a knock at the city gates, and the old king went to open the door.
The princess was at the gate. My God, what did she look like from the rain and bad weather! Water dripped from her hair and dress, dripped right into the toes of her shoes and flowed out of her heels, and she said that she was a real princess.
"Well, we'll find out!" thought the old queen, but she said nothing, but went into the bedchamber, took all the mattresses and pillows off the bed, and laid a pea on the boards, and then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and on the mattresses twenty more eiderdown duvets.
On this bed they laid the princess for the night.
In the morning they asked her how she slept.
Ah, terribly bad! the princess answered. I haven't closed my eyes all night. God knows what I had in bed! I was lying on something hard and now I have bruises all over my body! It's just awful what it is!
Then everyone realized that in front of them was a real princess. Why, she felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty eiderdown duvets! Only a real princess can be so tender.
The prince took her as his wife, because now he knew that he was taking a real princess for himself, and the pea ended up in the cabinet of curiosities, where she can be seen to this day, if only no one stole her.
Know that this is a true story!
Once upon a time there was a prince, he wanted to marry a princess, but only a real princess. So he traveled all over the world, looking for such, but everywhere there was something wrong; there were plenty of princesses, but whether they were real, he could not fully recognize this, there was always something wrong with them. So he returned home and was very sad: he really wanted a real princess.
One evening a terrible storm broke out; lightning flashed, thunder rumbled, the rain poured like buckets, what a horror! And suddenly there was a knock at the city gates, and the old king went to open the door.
The princess was at the gate. My God, what did she look like from the rain and bad weather! Water dripped from her hair and dress, dripped right into the toes of her shoes and flowed out of her heels, and she said that she was a real princess.
"Well, we'll find out!" thought the old queen, but she said nothing, but went into the bedchamber, took all the mattresses and pillows off the bed, and laid a pea on the boards, and then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and on the mattresses twenty more eiderdown duvets.
On this bed they laid the princess for the night.
In the morning they asked her how she slept.
Ah, terribly bad! the princess replied. I haven't closed my eyes all night. God knows what I had in bed! I was lying on something hard and now I have bruises all over my body! It's just awful what it is!
Then everyone realized that in front of them was a real princess. Why, she felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty eiderdown duvets! Only a real princess can be so tender.
Once upon a time there was a Prince who really wanted to marry, but at all costs he wanted to marry a real Princess.
He traveled all over the world in search of a suitable bride. And although he came across a lot of princesses, he could not decide if they were real ...
And in the end, the Prince returned home in great sadness - he very passionately wanted to marry a real Princess!
One evening there was a terrible thunderstorm. Thunder rumbled, lightning flashed, and the rain poured down like a bucket!
And so, in the midst of a terrible bad weather, there was a knock at the door of the castle.
The door was opened by the old King himself. On the threshold stood a young girl, soaked and trembling. Water flowed over her long hair and dress flowed out of her shoes in streams ... And yet ... the girl claimed that she was the most real Princess!
"We'll see soon, my dear," thought the old Queen.
She hurried into the bedroom and placed the pea on the boards of the bed with her own hand. Then she laid on top, one after another, as many as twenty featherbeds, and then - as many more blankets on the most delicate swan down. It was on this bed that the girl was laid.
And the next morning she was asked how she slept.
Oh, I had a terrible night! - answered the girl. I didn't close my eyes for a minute! God only knows what was in that bed! It seemed to me that I was lying on something very hard, and in the morning my whole body was bruised!
Now everyone is convinced that the girl is a real Princess. After all, only a real Princess can feel a tiny pea through twenty duvets and as many duvets! Yes, only the real Princess can be so sensitive!
The Prince immediately married the Princess, and the pea is kept in the royal museum to this day.
You can go and see for yourself - unless someone stole it ...
Hans Christian Andersen, Artist D. Patience
See you soon!
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Summary of the fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea":
The Princess and the Pea is one of Andersen's best and most famous fairy tales about how one day the prince decided to find himself a bride, always a real princess. After one princess slept on a soft feather bed from a stack, 40 mattresses thick, under the lowest of which lay a small pea and all morning she complained that she had not slept, the prince realized that he was in front of a real princess, because to feel a small pea through 40 mattresses only she could.
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Once upon a time there was a prince, he wanted to marry a princess, but only a real princess. So he traveled all over the world
I was looking for one, but everywhere there was something wrong; there were a lot of princesses, but if they were real, he couldn’t
recognize until the end, there was always something wrong with them. So he returned home and was very sad: he really wanted a real princess.
One evening a terrible storm broke out; lightning flashed, thunder rumbled, the rain poured like buckets, what a horror! And suddenly there was a knock at the city gates, and the old king went to open the door.
The princess was at the gate. My God, what did she look like from the rain and bad weather! Water dripped from her hair and dress, dripped right into the toes of her shoes and flowed out of her heels, and she said that she was a real princess.
"Well, we'll find out!" thought the old queen, but she said nothing, but went into the bedchamber, took all the mattresses and pillows off the bed, and laid a pea on the boards, and then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and on the mattresses twenty more eiderdown duvets.
On this bed they laid the princess for the night.
In the morning they asked her how she slept.
- Oh, terribly bad! the princess answered. I haven't closed my eyes all night. God knows what I had in bed! I was lying on something hard and now I have bruises all over my body! It's just awful what it is!
Then everyone realized that in front of them was a real princess. Why, she felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty eiderdown duvets! Only a real princess can be so tender.
The prince took her as his wife, because now he knew that he was taking a real princess for himself, and the pea ended up in the cabinet of curiosities, where she can be seen to this day, if only no one stole her.
Know that this is a true story!
Once upon a time there was a prince, and he wanted to take a princess for himself, only a real one. So he traveled all over the world, but there was no such thing. There were plenty of princesses, but were they real? Before that, he could not reach in any way; so he returned home with nothing and was very sad - he really wanted to get a real princess.
One evening a bad weather broke out: the lightning flashed, the thunder rumbled, and the rain poured down like a bucket; what a horror!
Suddenly there was a knock on the city gates, and the old king went to open the door.
The princess was at the gate. My God, what did she look like! Water ran from her hair and dress straight into the toes of her shoes and flowed out of her heels, but she still assured that she was a real princess!
"Well, we'll find out!" - thought the old queen, but did not say a word and went into the bedroom. There she removed all the mattresses and pillows from the bed and laid a pea on the boards; she laid twenty mattresses on top of the pea, and twenty more down jackets on top.
The princess was laid on this bed for the night.
In the morning they asked her how she slept.
Ah, very stupid! - said the princess. I almost didn't close my eyes! God knows what kind of bed I had! I was lying on something so hard that my whole body is now bruised! Just awful!
It was then that everyone saw that she was a real princess! She felt the pea through forty mattresses and down jackets - only a real princess could be such a delicate person.
And the prince married her. Now he knew that he was taking on a real princess! And the pea was given to the cabinet of curiosities; there she lies, unless someone stole her.