"The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen is a beloved fairy tale that tells the story of a young woman claiming to be a princess. To test her true nobility, a prince’s mother places a pea beneath twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds. The next day, the girl complains of a sleepless night due to something hard in her bed, proving her sensitivity and true royalty. With this revelation, she is finally accepted as the prince’s bride. The tale highlights themes of kindness, identity, and the idea that true worth comes from sensitivity and authenticity. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
This book features in the following series: Princess Tales, Read Along With Me, See the Picture And Say the Word .
There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published in 2010 by Award Publications Ltd .
Kate Davies is a writer and editor of children's books. She lives and works in London.
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.
