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StoriesThis collection first published 2010 by Macmillan Children's Booksa division of Macmillan Publishers Limited20 New Wharf Road,London N19RRBasingstoke and OxfordAssociated companies throughout the worldwww.panmacmillan.com  \nISBN:978-0-230-75000-5  \nThis collection copyright ◎Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010Text copyright ◎Mary Hoffman 2000 and 2010Illustrations copyright ◎Anna Currey 2000 and 2010Moral rights asserted.  \nEvery effort has been made to trace the owners of any copyright material in this book butif any have been inadvertently overlooked the publishers will be pleased to make thenecessary arrangements.  \nAll rights reserved.No part ofthis publication may be reproduced,stored in or introducedinto a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form,or by any means(electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise)without the prior written permissionof the publisher.Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publicationmay be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.  \n135798642  \nA CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nThe Princessand the Peaand other stories  \nRetold byMary Hoffman  \nIllustrated byAnna Currey  \n# The Princessand the Pea\n\nThere was once a prince who decided he must have awife,but the only wife that would do for him waswhat he called“a real princess”.However,he didn't seemat all sure what that meant.Still,as he searched for one,hebecame more certain about who was not a real princess.  \nThe prince travelled from country to country andfound lots of princesses but there was always somethingwrong with them.One was too tall,one had bandy legs,  \nThe Princess and the Pea  \n5  \none ate nothing but salad,one had a passion for wearingyellow,one beat her servants,one read nothing butromantic novels.  \nIt seemed as if there was not one princess in this worldgood enough to marry the prince and he went back to hisown castle very disappointed.  \nThen,one night,there was a terrible storm,withthunder and lightning andtorrential rain.And at the heightof the storm there came aknocking at the castle door.Theservant who opened it found avery bedraggled young womanon the doorstep.Her clothesstuck to her body and water randown her pretty face and hairin streams.  \n\"Please give me shelter,\"shesaid.\"And,by the way,I am a real princess.\"  \nEveryone in the castle had come to see who was at thedoor on such an awful night.There she stood,calm anddignified and sopping wet.“Can this be a real princess?”wondered the prince.  \n# The Princess and the Pea and other stories\n\nHis mother,the queen,had an idea of her own aboutthat.\"Come in and warm yourself,my dear,\"she said,andordered servants to prepare her a hot bath and fetch herdry clothes.And while all this was going on,the queen hadthe best guest bedroom prepared in a most unusual way.  \nThe bed was stripped and one dried pea placed  \non the bedstead.Thentwenty mattresses werepiled on top of it andcotton sheets and a bigfluffy duck-down duvet.If the princess thoughther bed at all odd whenshe came to get in it,she said nothing.Shemerely climbedthe handy ladderthat had beenprovided andsettled downto sleep.  \nThe Princess and the Pea  \n7  \nThe next morning the princess appeared at breakfastwith dark circles under her eyes.  \n\"How did you sleep?\"asked the queen.  \n\"Very badly,ma'am,\"said the princess.\"I’m sorry tosay it but my bed was very uncomfortable.I felt there wassomething hard and sharp underneath me and I tossedand turned all night.”  \n\"A real princess at last!\"cried the prince,clapping hishands.“Only a royal lady of the utmost refinement couldhave felt that pea under twenty mattresses.”  \nThe Princess and the Pea and other stories  \n8  \nAnd he went down on one knee and asked her tomarry him on the spot.Perhaps it was lucky ","cbCaigtyu92YI9TZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigtyu92YI9TZ","pdf",3383182,36,"English","# The Princess and the 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