
The Princess and the Pea
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.
Comments
this is a pretty funny story for kids ages 10-14
this is a pretty funny story for kids ages 10-14
To my mind, the story is good. The moral of the tale is ..
To my mind, the story is good. The moral of the tale is that you dont have to search for your love. The true love will certainly come to you itself!=)
i think its not a good story for children cuz it gives them..
i think its not a good story for children cuz it gives them different thoughts and this is not a true story.....
It is funny but have a little silly ! I think it is good..
It is funny but have a little silly ! I
think it is good for children !
Bad story.Yuck!
Bad story.Yuck!
I LIKE IT!
I LIKE IT!
good description, could use work at the end. The part..
good description, could use work at the end. The part about it being stolen seems random and unnecessary.
I dont like this story because I think that this isnt a..
I dont like this story because I think that this isnt a good story for younger children. Its easy to read but it dont transmid the right thoughts to find friends to children.
I hate this story as it was so girlish and disgusting and..
I hate this story as it was so girlish and disgusting and it shouldt be on this brilliant website.- a nine years old boy
it a one page.
it a one page.
i like the story the priness and the pea.it funny my name..
i like the story the priness and the pea.it funny my name is victoria am 9
short n sweet
short n sweet
its a nice nice story forchlidren
its a nice nice story forchlidren
it is a very good story and easy to understand. children..
it is a very good story and easy to understand. children like this kind of stor.
kOOL STORY I LOVED IT. INTERESTING
kOOL STORY I LOVED IT. INTERESTING
very good story and hans christian andersen is very good..
very good story and hans christian andersen is very good story i have read all of ur story
very good could of done it a bit better you could of..
very good could of done it a bit better you could of explained it a bit better
kara
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a nice story for young children
a nice story for young children
i really loved this story its really good !!!!!!!!!!!!
i really loved this story its really good !!!!!!!!!!!!
i love the story i thout it was a brill story and i injoyed..
i love the story i thout it was a brill story and i injoyed reading it. it was defently a fairy tale and it was rote very well. the story was fab and i likeed it and little childern will like it to. it was fab aprilxxx
It was great I really think it was good It was a nice..
It was great I really think it was good
It was a nice length
Cheers Hans Christian Andersen
it was very good and it made me read it more.
it was very good and it made me read it more.
This story is very nice for younger children it is not hard..
This story is very nice for younger children it is not hard to read and there isnt much writing although this is a very borring story fro older children i got extremley bored in the first paragraph.There is hardly no detail,No cliff hangers it would be good for a childs first book around the age of 5-7 years.
I think this story is good and interesting and very..
I think this story is good and interesting and very imaganitive so it dosnt really matter if people say its bad because i think it is good !but i would like to now how they thought of a story like that because you would never think of lying on a pea ! :)
That story was very good, I liked the way it was written..
That story was very good, I liked the way it was written and it was very imaginative.
I think this story is really good because it gets to the..
I think this story is really good because it gets to the main idea and doesnt bore you with the details.
I think that this story is really good because it gives..
I think that this story is really good because it gives you a lot of details that you can have a picture in your mind of what they are talking about. Thats why I think that this story is great!!
i like that book
i like that book
WOW! This story is incredible! I love this story! I am a..
WOW!
This story is incredible!
I love this story!
I am a girl and wanted to be a princess like her in the future!
From,
Princess Nori
ughh not a good story.. well.. too cheapp.. is in it?
ughh not a good story.. well.. too cheapp.. is in it?
The story had many details that gave me a picture on how..
The story had many details that gave me a picture on how they acted and what were their actions. this story was very intresting.
it was a good story it is like my life trying to find the..
it was a good story it is like my life trying to find the right girl
The story of princess and the pea had a really good moral..
The story of princess and the pea had a really good moral and it make you want to read on.i give 5 stars becoz it is very intresting and good vocabulary.also i think it was a traditional story.i totally loved the story.i loved reading prinncess and the pea it just looks as if that it is happing to me.
It is a very nice story. I heard it when I was a child. now..
It is a very nice story.
I heard it when I was a child.
now I am a mother with two little boys.
I believe I tell the story to them and they must like it. When they have their children someday, they will tell the story to them.
I really like this story.
it was a good story.
it was a good story.
I liked the story, but wouldnt the pea break when you were..
I liked the story, but wouldnt the pea break when you were to put 20 mattressess over top. but i guess thats why IT IS A FAIRY TALE. huh! But any who i am printing this off and reading it to my daughter. i think she would like to hear it with me.
It is very nice .I really liked it .
It is very nice .I really liked it .
ok, some people have the oddest comments. and extremely bad..
ok, some people have the oddest comments. and extremely bad punctuation. Now the story was ok, I wouldnt brag, I liked the idea of the story but the story itself could have been written and set out a bit better. This version though is probably good for younger, younger children.. RAHH!
And the moral is? (1) Dont judge a book by its cover? (2)..
And the moral is?
(1) Dont judge a book by its cover?
(2) Dont be too picky?
(3) What is yours will come to you in the end?
(4) Dont give up?
(5) Dont marry princesses because they are overly sesitive?
(6) Mother-in-laws are crazy?
nice could u make it a little comedy
nice could u make it a little comedy
I really liked it. I had toues it to write up sats..
I really liked it.
I had toues it to write up sats questions for a friend a part of some hard homework!
WOW! This story is incredible! I love this story! I am a..
WOW!
This story is incredible!
I love this story!
I am a girl and wanted to be a princess like her in the future!
Terrific story. Its romantic and entertaining!! I love it Amy
Terrific story. Its romantic and entertaining!!
I love it
Amy
it was really goofy and funny
it was really goofy and funny
0h, I love that story i have eistefodd speaking and i think..
0h, I love that story i have eistefodd speaking and i think i might use that story lol i love hans christian anderson. it was entertaining kept me busy 4 a few mins
it is a very good story .but it s very short
it is a very good story .but it s very short
Wow. Its amazing the number of people that dont know that..
Wow. Its amazing the number of people that dont know that Hans Christian Anderson died in 1875, and that this story is a classic.
dont you love the representations of women in so many fairy..
dont you love the representations of women in so many fairy tales... great lessons for our young children arnt they: hey son/ daughter listen to this women are week and delequit o and just to brain wash you wrongly some more love apparently doesnt exist its all about marrying for money and beauty.
xox
(note my sarcasm please)
0h, I love that story i have eistefodd speaking and i think..
0h, I love that story i have eistefodd speaking and i think i might use that story lol i love hans christian anderson. it was entertaining kept me busy 4 a few mins
This story was very good and it was very nice. i love this..
This story was very good and it was very
nice. i love this story it is very nice and good for everyone
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