the real princess hans christian andersen

The old queen puts a pea under twenty mattresses and twenty eider-down beds to see if. So the prince took her to be his wife, for now he was sure that he had found a real princess, and the pea was put into the Museum, where it may still be seen if no one has stolen it. The Princess and the Pea - One of Hans Christian Andersens Fairy. Nobody but a real princess could have such a delicate skin. They saw at once that she must be a real princess when she had felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds.

I seemed to be lying upon some hard thing, and my whole body is black and blue this morning. More great books at Listen to 03 The Real Princess by Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen instantly on your tablet. ‘I have hardly closed my eyes the whole night! Heaven knows what was in the bed. Now they knew that she was a real princess, because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty. In the morning they asked her how she had slept. This was where the princess was to sleep that night. She went into the bedroom, took all the bedclothes off and laid a pea on the bedstead: then she took twenty mattresses and piled them on the top of the pea, and then twenty feather beds on the top of the mattresses. Hans Christian Andersen, (born April 2, 1805, Odense, near Copenhagen, Denmarkdied August 4, 1875, Copenhagen), Danish master of the literary fairy tale whose stories achieved wide renown. Hans Christian Andersen - The Real Princess. ‘Well we shall soon see if that is true,’ thought the old Queen, but she said nothing. Princesses he found in plenty but whether they were real Princesses it was impossible for him to decide.

The real princess hans christian andersen