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G.H. Andersen
Princess on the Pea
il-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 down like a bucket, 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!
Tales of Andersen
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 pile, 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!
Surely little girls will love it. This tale by G.Kh. Andersen seemed to write specifically for girls. Indeed, what boy is able to believe, or even understand, that you can feel a pea through 20 mattresses and featherbeds? But the girls willingly believe in the story with the pea. At least my girl believes. So I highly recommend you to my girls Read the story "The Princess and the Pea", with illustrations by D. Patience.
Once upon a time there was a prince in one kingdom-state. Real prince. He was so real that when he wanted to get married, he decided to marry not just some princess, but only a real princess.
So he went around the world to look for such a princess. Traveled, traveled, traveled the whole world. I looked everywhere, but just the one I wanted, I still couldn’t find it. None of the princesses he met could satisfy him. There were plenty of princesses, but whether they were real or not, he could not fully understand. And it always seemed to him that something was wrong with them, something was wrong.
He returned home and was sad: he really wanted to marry a real princess.
And then one evening a terrible storm broke out in the street. Thunder rumbled, lightning flashed, rain poured down from buckets. And all this in total darkness, torn by flashes of lightning. Well, what a horror!
Suddenly, someone knocked on the castle gate. Of course, in such weather, no one should be left outside. Therefore, the king, despite the darkness, went to open it.
The princess was at the door. But my God, what did she look like now! The girl was all wet from the rain, the water flowed from her dress and hair straight into the toes of her shoes, and flowed out of her heels. But despite this, she kept and spoke like a real princess.
“Well, now we’ll check what kind of princess you are,” the queen mother thought, but, of course, she didn’t say anything out loud. Instead, she went into the bedroom, removed all the pillows, mattresses and feather beds from the bed, and placed a small pea on the very bottom of the bed, on the boards.
On top of the pea, she put back all the twenty mattresses she had taken off, and on top of the mattresses, the same number of goose down duvets. The bed came out - soft for a feast for the eyes.
It was on this bed that the princess was laid to sleep. They wished her good night and left her alone.
And in the morning they asked her how she slept.
Oh, it was a terrible night! the princess replied. I haven't been able to close my eyes for one minute! I can't even imagine how it was possible to make such a disgusting bed. God only knows what was in it! I had the feeling that I was lying on something very hard and uneven, and in the morning my whole body was bruised!
And here, not only the queen mother, but everyone around realized that they were in front of a real princess. After all, only the most real princess can feel a small pea through twenty mattresses and the same number of featherbeds.
Of course, the prince was immediately delighted and asked the princess to marry him. The princess gladly agreed, they played a wedding and then lived happily ever after.
And the little pea is kept in the royal museum to this day. You can go and see. Unless, of course, someone pulled it out of there.
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.
Andersen's Tales: The Princess and the Pea
- 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 down like a bucket, 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!