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                     FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

                            THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA

                           by Hans Christian Andersen



    ONCE upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a

princess; but she would have to be a real princess。 He travelled all

over the world to find one; but nowhere could he get what he wanted。

There were princesses enough; but it was difficult to find out whether

they were real ones。 There was always something about them that was

not as it should be。 So he came home again and was sad; for he would

have liked very much to have a real princess。

    One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and

lightning; and the rain poured down in torrents。 Suddenly a knocking

was heard at the city gate; and the old king went to open it。

    It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate。 But;

good gracious! what a sight the rain and the wind had made her look。

The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the

toes of her shoes and out again at the heels。 And yet she said that

she was a real princess。

    〃Well; we'll soon find that out;〃 thought the old queen。 But she

said nothing; went into the bed…room; took all the bedding off the

bedstead; and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty

mattresses and laid them on the pea; and then twenty eider…down beds

on top of the mattresses。

    On this the princess had to lie all night。 In the morning she

was asked how she had slept。

    〃Oh; very badly!〃 said she。 〃I have scarcely closed my eyes all

night。 Heaven only knows what was in the bed; but I was lying on

something hard; so that I am black and blue all over my body。 It's

horrible!〃

    Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt

the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty

eider…down beds。

    Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that。

    So the prince took her for his wife; for now he knew that he had a

real princess; and the pea was put in the museum; where it may still

be seen; if no one has stolen it。

    There; that is a true story。





                            THE END




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