The Princess and The Pea. ii

"Now,who can be calling on a night like this?" snorted the Queen,for she was warm and comfortable and did not want to be disturbed.However,the kindly old King got up from his chair and went to open the door himself.There standing in a doorway,was a young girl.Her clothes were soaking and her shoes were spattered with mud.Rainwater ran down her face and her long golden hair was all wet and bedraggled.What a sight she looked! "I am a Princess.Please may I com in?" She whispered."Princess or not," said the King. "Come in by the fire and get warm" and he led her by the hand into the great hall of his Place.When the Prince saw her standing in the firelight,he feel in love with her and want to marry her at once.The Queen took one look at the girl dripping water on her best carpet and frowned. "She can't be a real,genuine Princess and look such a mess," she muttered to herself. "I've never heard such a tale in all my life!" With that,she marched off towards the Palace kitchen.And there,from the store cupboard,she took one tiny dried pea.Then she crept quietly up the back stairs into the very best guest room. "We'll soon see if she's a real,genuine Princess," and she placed the pea right in the center of the Princess's bed.Next,the Queen sent for all the maids in the Palace. "Bring me twenty mattresses from your linen cupboard at once."The maids looked surprised,but were soon scurrying up and down the corridors puffing and panting under the weight of all those mattresses."Pile them up high on the bed!" yelled the Queen. "Now fetch me twenty of your softest feather quilts" the Queen ordered in her sternest voice.So the maids brought the feather quilts.By now everyone was quite out of breath."Now place the twenty feathers quilts on top of the twenty mattresses," the Queen went on.The piles of mattresses was so high that the maids could no longer reach them.So the Queen ordered her pageboys to bring long ladders until,at last,the job was done and the Queen satisfied.~continue~

The Princess and The Pea.

Hello everyone,today I am going to make "TELLING STORIES".So please enjoy. The Princess and The Pea Once upon a time,there was a young Prince who decided to get married."You must marry a real,genuine Princess," insisted his mother the Queen."She must be beautiful,clever,charming and kind.Nothing less will do!" And with that,she ordered the Prince's horse to be saddled and told him to ride off and start looking at once. As there were no Princesses in his own kingdom,the Prince had to travel to every country in the world to look for one. He met lots of them on his journey,but not one was perfect.Some were too tall,some were much too small,other too fat and some too thin.Some were very old and some were just babies. The poor Prince was really disappointed."I just can't seem to find a real,genuine Princess anywhere,"he sighed.So,he climbed on his horse and began the long ride back to his kingdom.When,at last,he returned home,he decided to give up the idea altogether. One dark night there was the most terrible storm.The wind howled and rain fell by the bucketful.Great flashes of lightning lit up the sky,and thunder shook the the Place walls. In spite of all this noise,the King heard the tiniest knock on the Place door. ~continue~