In "The Princess and the Pea," a classic fairy tale retold by Charlene Delage, the story follows a young woman claiming to be a true princess. To test her authenticity, a royal couple subjects her to a peculiar challenge: she must sleep on a pile of twenty mattresses, with a single pea placed beneath the bottom one. Despite the luxurious bedding, the girl proves sensitive to the pea and struggles to sleep, revealing her royal lineage. This enchanting tale explores themes of identity, sensitivity, and the true nature of nobility, celebrating the idea that true princesses are born, not made. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
This book features in the following series: Read It, Read It Readers, Read It Readers Fairy Tales, Read It Readers Green Level .
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2008 by Capstone Press .
Susan Blackaby earned a degree in Western Civilization from the University of California at Santa Cruz. She has worked in educational publishing for over 25 years and has written dozens of fiction and nonfiction titles.
This book contains the following story:
The Princess and the Pea
A prince travelled the world to find a real princess to be his bride, but none of them would quite do. One night during a massive storm a girl knocked on the door claiming to be a princess from down the road looking for shelter. The queen was sceptical so placed a pea under the mattress of the spare bed. Then she piled more and more mattresses onto the bed so that it was so high the girl needed a ladder to climb into bed. ‘Only a real princess will feel the pea under that many mattresses thought the queen’. The next morning the queen asked the girl how she had slept and she complained bitterly about a hard lump in the bed. The queen was delighted and presented the girl to the prince. ‘This is a real princess, ‘ she said. The prince was delighted and the two got married and lived happily ever after.
