A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale: a prince searches the world for a real princess, a dripping girl knocks at the gate one stormy night, and the old queen hides one tiny pea under twenty mattresses and twenty eiderdowns to find out the truth.
Read first 4 pagesThe opening of The Princess and the Pea: A Gentle Retelling, free to read.
Once upon a time, a young prince stood at his castle window. “I want to get married,” he said. “But only to a princess.” Not a pretend one. Not an almost one. A real, true princess!
Off he rode to look for her. He went round the whole wide world, over hills and across the sea. At every palace door, out came a princess to meet him.
The prince bowed to one princess after another. He scratched his head. “Is this one real? Is that one?” Each time, some little thing felt odd, and on he went.
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