The Princess on the Pea
1st Edition
Published on 22. August 2016
10 pages
978-605-9654-65-4 (ISBN)
Description
Once, there was a Prince who wanted to marry a Princess.
Only a real one would do.
So he traveled through all the world to find her, and everywhere things went wrong.
There were Princesses aplenty, but how was he to know whether they were real Princesses?
There was something not quite right about them all.
So he came home again and was unhappy, because he did so want to have a real Princess.
Only a real one would do.
So he traveled through all the world to find her, and everywhere things went wrong.
There were Princesses aplenty, but how was he to know whether they were real Princesses?
There was something not quite right about them all.
So he came home again and was unhappy, because he did so want to have a real Princess.
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Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 - 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.Anders en's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes, have been translated into more than 125 languages. They have become embedded in Western collective consciousness, accessible to children as well as presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers. His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Red Shoes", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Match Girl", and "Thumbelina". His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films.
