The Princess and the Pea
A queen uses a tiny pea to find a real princess, leading to new friends and lots of laughter.
One stormy night in a bright and busy castle, the queen heard someone knock, knock at the door. She opened it to find a girl, wet as a duck in the rain, with muddy shoes and a big, friendly smile. The queen wrapped her in a warm blanket and gave her a cup of cocoa. “Why are you out in this weather?” the queen asked kindly.
The girl shivered. “I’m lost in the rain, and I was hoping for a place to sleep.”
The girl said she was a princess. The queen wanted to find out if it was true! She came up with a gentle trick: in the guest bedroom, she hid a small green pea under a pile of soft mattresses and fluffy blankets—one, two, three, even ten! The bed was big and bouncy like a cloud.
In the morning, the queen smiled and asked, “How did you sleep, dear?”
The girl yawned and rubbed her eyes. “Thank you, but I didn’t sleep well at all! There was something hard under all those soft covers, and I felt it all night long.”
The queen clapped her hands with joy. “Only a real princess could feel a tiny pea under so many blankets!”
The prince was tickled with laughter. He and the princess became great friends right away. They played hide-and-seek around the castle and told funny jokes about peas and pancakes. They even made pea soup, just for fun.
The princess loved looking for tiny things—like ants on a picnic, or buttons dropped on the floor. She always checked under her bed at night, but she never found another pea.
The queen smiled every day, glad to have a princess who was kind and easy to laugh. And everyone in the castle remembered how a tiny green pea brought new friends together.
Sometimes, a little thing can mean a lot!
The girl shivered. “I’m lost in the rain, and I was hoping for a place to sleep.”
The girl said she was a princess. The queen wanted to find out if it was true! She came up with a gentle trick: in the guest bedroom, she hid a small green pea under a pile of soft mattresses and fluffy blankets—one, two, three, even ten! The bed was big and bouncy like a cloud.
In the morning, the queen smiled and asked, “How did you sleep, dear?”
The girl yawned and rubbed her eyes. “Thank you, but I didn’t sleep well at all! There was something hard under all those soft covers, and I felt it all night long.”
The queen clapped her hands with joy. “Only a real princess could feel a tiny pea under so many blankets!”
The prince was tickled with laughter. He and the princess became great friends right away. They played hide-and-seek around the castle and told funny jokes about peas and pancakes. They even made pea soup, just for fun.
The princess loved looking for tiny things—like ants on a picnic, or buttons dropped on the floor. She always checked under her bed at night, but she never found another pea.
The queen smiled every day, glad to have a princess who was kind and easy to laugh. And everyone in the castle remembered how a tiny green pea brought new friends together.
Sometimes, a little thing can mean a lot!
