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The princess and the pea. Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she woul have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones.
the bedding, then laid a pea on the sacking of the bedstead. Having done this, she took twenty mattresses and laid them upon the pea and placed twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses. The princess lay upon this bed all the night. In the morning, she was asked how she had slept. “Oh, most miserably!” she said. “I scarcely
Nov 21, 2019 · Download or stream a 1991 edition of the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The book has 24 pages and is illustrated by Eve Tharlet.
May 24, 2010 · The princess and the pea by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875. Publication date 1997 Topics Fairy tales, Princesses Publisher Ashland, Ohio : Landoll's ...
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Now we are about to begin, and you must attend; and when we get to theend of the story, you will know more than you do now about a very wickedhobgoblin. He was one of the worst kind; in fact he was a real demon.One day he was in a high state of delight because he had invented amirror with this peculiarity, that every good and pretty thing reflectedin it shrank away to almost nothing. On the other hand, every bad andgood-for-nothing thing stood out and looked its worst. The mostbeautiful lands...
In China, as you know, the Emperor is a Chinaman, and all the peoplearound him are Chinamen too. It is many years since the story I am goingto tell you happened, but that is all the more reason for telling it,lest it should be forgotten. The emperor's palace was the most beautifulthing in the world; it was made entirely of the finest porcelain, ver...
There was once a prince, and he wanted a princess, but then she must bea realPrincess. He travelled right round the world to find one, butthere was always something wrong. There were plenty of princesses, butwhether they were real princesses he had great difficulty indiscovering; there was always something which was not quite right aboutthem. So at...
There was once a king's son; nobody had so many or such beautiful booksas he had. He could read about everything which had ever happened inthis world, and see it all represented in the most beautiful pictures.He could get information about every nation and every country; but as towhere the Garden of Paradise was to be found, not a word could hedisc...
Far out at sea the water is as blue as the bluest cornflower, and asclear as the clearest crystal; but it is very deep, too deep for anycable to fathom, and if many steeples were piled on the top of oneanother they would not reach from the bed of the sea to the surface ofthe water. It is down there that the Mermen live. Now don't imagine that there...
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The Princess and the Pea By Hans Christian Andersen 1894 There was, once upon a time, a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but she must be a true princess. So he travelled through the whole world to find one, but there was always something against each. There were plenty of princesses, but he could not find out if they were true princesses.
