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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!
Dear parents, it is very useful to read the fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen to children before going to bed, so that the good ending of the fairy tale pleases and calms them and they fall asleep. The dialogues of the characters often evoke tenderness, they are full of kindness, kindness, directness, and with their help a different picture of reality emerges. Charm, admiration and indescribable inner joy are produced by pictures drawn by our imagination when reading such works. Here, harmony is felt in everything, even negative characters, they seem to be an integral part of beingness, although, of course, they go beyond the boundaries of what is acceptable. Faced with such strong, strong-willed and kind qualities of the hero, you involuntarily feel the desire to change yourself for the better. Surprisingly easily and naturally, the text written in the last millennium is combined with our present, its relevance has not diminished at all. A person's worldview is formed gradually, and such works are extremely important and instructive for our young readers. The fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen can be read for free online countless times without losing love and hunting for this creation.
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 didn’t say anything, but went into the bedchamber, took all the mattresses and pillows off the bed and put a pea on the boards, and then she took twenty mattresses and put them on the pea, and on the mattresses another twenty 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 replied. “I didn’t close 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!
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A short story about how the prince wanted to marry a real princess. One day, a girl knocked on the gate, who was soaked to the skin, but assured that she was a real princess. She was allowed to sleep, and the old queen gave her a check ...
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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.
(Ill. N. Goltz, ed. Eksmo, 2012)
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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 she 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.
- Oh, 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.
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 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.
Ah, terribly bad! the princess replied. 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.
