Reading Notes: Hans Christian Andersen, Part A

The Prince and the Pea by Cristina De Liso. Web source: Web source: Creative Commons. 



The Princess and the Pea

 There once was a prince who was set on marrying a princess. It was very important to him that he married a real princess though (as opposed to a fake one, I guess?). In order to find this princess, the prince travelled all over the world. He met many princesses during his journeys, but he was not sure if they were the real thing. There was something off about each of the princesses that he met. So he returned home, disappointed that he did not find a suitable girl to marry. 

 One night there was a terrible storm. There was rain, thunder, and lightning. There was a knock at the front gates, so the king went to see who it was. It was a girl, drenched from the storm, claiming to be a princess. 

 The queen claimed that she knew how to tell if the girl was actually a princess. She set a pea underneath 20 mattresses. If the girl could feel the pea, then she was a princess. The princess woke up the next morning saying that she had slept horribly because she could feel something through her mattress. 

 They believed that this proved that the girl was a real princess, so she and the prince were married. The pea that she slept on was put in a museum. 

 Bibliography

 The Princess and the Pea from Fairy Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by H. P. Paull (1872).  Web source: Un-Textbook. 

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