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Information for parents: The Princess and the Pea is a famous short fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. From the first lines it takes the young reader, or rather the female reader, into the world of princesses. Children will be interested to know what test a girl needs to pass to prove that she is a real princess. Read the fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea” before bedtime for children aged 4 to 8 years.

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Once upon a time there was a prince, he wanted to take a princess as his wife, but only a real princess. So he traveled all over the world, looking for one, but everywhere there was something wrong. There were plenty of princesses, but whether they were real, he could not fully recognize, 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 roared, rain poured down like buckets, what a horror! And suddenly there was a knock on the city gates, and the old king went to open it.

The princess stood at the gate. My God, who did she look like in the rain and bad weather! The water flowed from her hair and dress, flowed straight 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 didn’t say anything, but went to the bedchamber, took off all the mattresses and pillows from the bed and put a pea on the boards, and then took twenty mattresses and put them on the pea, and on the mattresses another twenty feather beds made of eider down.

It was on this bed that the princess lay down for the night.

In the morning they asked her how she slept.

- Oh, terribly bad! - answered the princess. - I didn’t sleep a wink all night. God knows what was in my bed! I was lying on something hard, and now I have bruises all over my body! This is just terrible!

Then everyone realized that this was a real princess. Of course, she felt a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds made of eider down! Only a real princess can be so tender.

The prince took her as his wife, because now he knew that he was marrying a real princess, and the pea ended up in the cabinet of curiosities, where it can be seen to this day, unless someone stole it. Know that this is a true story!

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 one, but everywhere there was something wrong; There were plenty of princesses, but whether they were real, he could not fully recognize, 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 roared, rain poured down like buckets, what a horror! And suddenly there was a knock on the city gates, and the old king went to open it.

The princess stood at the gate. My God, who did she look like in the rain and bad weather! The water flowed from her hair and dress, flowed straight 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 didn’t say anything, but went to the bedchamber, took off all the mattresses and pillows from the bed and put a pea on the boards, and then took twenty mattresses and put them on the pea, and on the mattresses another twenty feather beds made of eider down.

It was on this bed that the princess lay down for the night.

In the morning they asked her how she slept.

Oh, terribly bad! - answered the princess. - I didn’t sleep a wink all night. God knows what was in my bed! I was lying on something hard and now I have bruises all over my body! This is just terrible!

Then everyone realized that this was a real princess. Of course, she felt a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds made of eider down! Only a real princess can be so tender.

A short tale about how a prince wanted to marry a real princess. One day a girl knocked on the gate, wet to the skin, but insisted that she was a real princess. She was allowed to spend the night, and the old queen gave her a check...

The Princess and the Pea read

Once upon a time there lived a prince, and he wanted to marry a princess too, but a real one. So he traveled all over the world, but there was nothing like him. There were plenty of princesses, but were they real? There was no way he could get to this point; So he returned home with nothing and was very sad - he really wanted to get a real princess.
One evening bad weather broke out: lightning flashed, thunder roared, and rain poured down like buckets; what a horror!

Suddenly there was a knock on the city gate, and the old king went to open it.

The princess stood at the gate. My God, what she looked like! Water ran from her hair and dress straight into the toes of her shoes and flowed out of her heels, and yet she insisted 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 placed a pea on the boards; She laid twenty mattresses on top of the peas, and twenty 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 bad! - said the princess. - I barely slept a wink! God knows what kind of bed I had! I was lying on something so hard that my whole body is now covered in bruises! 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; That's where it lies, unless someone stole it.

(Illustration N. Golts, published by Eksmo, 2012)

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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 one, 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 roared, rain poured down like buckets, what a horror! And suddenly there was a knock on the city gates, and the old king went to open it.

The princess stood at the gate. My God, who did she look like in the rain and bad weather! The water flowed from her hair and dress, flowed straight 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 didn’t say anything, but went to the bedchamber, took off all the mattresses and pillows from the bed and put a pea on the boards, and then took twenty mattresses and put them on the pea, and on the mattresses another twenty feather beds made of eider down.

It was on this bed that the princess lay down for the night.

In the morning they asked her how she slept.

Oh, terribly bad! - answered the princess. - I didn’t sleep a wink all night. God knows what was in my bed! I was lying on something hard and now I have bruises all over my body! This is just terrible!

Then everyone realized that this was a real princess. Of course, she felt a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds made of eider down! Only a real princess can be so tender.

The prince took her as his wife, because now he knew that he was marrying a real princess, and the pea ended up in the cabinet of curiosities, where it can be seen to this day, unless someone stole it.

Know that this is a true story!

Once upon a time there lived a Prince who really wanted to get married, but at all costs wanted to take a real Princess as his wife. He traveled all over the world in search of a suitable bride. And although he came across many princesses, he could not decide whether they were real... And in the end the Prince returned home in great sadness - he really passionately wanted to marry a real Princess! One evening a terrible thunderstorm broke out. Thunder rumbled, lightning flashed, and rain poured down like buckets! And so, in the midst of terrible bad weather, there was a knock on the castle doors.

The door was opened by the old King himself. A young girl stood on the threshold, wet and shivering. Water flowed over her long hair and dress, flowed out of her shoes in streams... And yet... the girl claimed that she was the real Princess! “We’ll see soon, my dear,” thought the old Queen. She hurried into the bedroom and with her own hand placed the pea on the boards of the bed. Then she laid as many as twenty feather beds on top, one after another, and then the same number of blankets on the most delicate swan down. It was on this bed that the girl was laid.

And the next morning they asked her how she slept.

Oh, I had a terrible night! - the girl answered. - I didn’t sleep a wink for a minute! Only God knows what was in that bed! It seemed to me that I was lying on something very hard, and in the morning my whole body was covered in bruises! Now everyone is convinced that the girl is a real Princess. After all, only a real Princess can feel a tiny pea through twenty feather beds and the same number of duvets! Yes, only the most real Princess can be so sensitive!

The Prince immediately married the Princess, and the pea is still kept in the royal museum.

You can go and see for yourself - unless someone stole it...