She looked back at the Prince with a cheeky grin and said, “That you promise, dear Prince, that from this day forward that any pea that should enter this castle is simply for eating. She blushed, then taking a moment to finish a mouthful of cereal, said, “On one condition.” He turned to the Princess and said, “Dear Princess, would you do me the great honour of becoming my wife?” The Queen-mother turned to the Prince and said, “I believe we have found your true Princess, for none but a true Princess possesses such a delicate sense to feel a single pea through twenty mattresses and twenty of my finest quilts. “My my!” replied the Queen-mother, “is that so?” “I mean to say, I am extremely grateful for your kindness in putting me up for the night, but there seemed to be something ever so hard and uncomfortable under my mattress. “Oh, not at all well,” said the Princess. The Princess climbed up the ladder, got under the covers and blew out her candle.Īt breakfast the next morning the Queen-mother turned to the Princess and asked, “My dear Princess, how did you sleep?” The bed was now so high off the ground that the Princess needed to climb a ladder to get into the bed. ![]() Then she placed a single garden pea on the bedstead.Īnd then she laid twenty mattresses on top of the pea taking care to separate each layer with a soft eiderdown quilt.Īfter this she replaced the bedclothes on the top mattress and said to the Princess, “Your chamber is ready!” The Queen-mother began preparing the chamber-but in a very peculiar way.įirst, she took the covers, sheets and mattress off the bed. Please consider SUPPORTING us and other visitors by DISABLING your ad blocker on our website. By blocking ads you prevent us from licensing MORE free games for you and many other people around the world and could be a reason of permanent web-site closure. She then handed the Princess a nightgown and said, “put this on while I prepare your chamber.” We provide you with free games because of displaying online advertisements. Instead, she thought to herself, “We’ll soon see about that”. “She says she is a true Princess,” said the King to the old Queen-mother. “I am a true Princess,” she said, “Please can I have some dry clothes and a bed for the night?” The King put on his robe and opened the door to find a cold, soggy young lady standing in front of him. Suddenly, came a loud knock at the castle door. And the rain clattered down on the castle roof like the sound of a thousand horses charging into battle. The Prince smiled back, then went to his chamber. ![]() You will know when you know” said the King, with a knowing smile. “It is impossible to tell whether these are true Princesses!” he said to his Father, the King. The Prince scoured the kingdom, meeting every one of these so-called Princesses. In fact, the kingdom was full of fair maidens all claiming to be Princesses. This was not because there was a lack of Princesses. He longed for a true Princess to share his castle and kingdom, but he couldn't find one. And inside the castle lived a handsome Prince. In a land far far away there was a glorious kingdom.
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