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The princess and the pea

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A prince travels the world to find a suitable princess to marry - but none of the girls he meets seems right, and he cannot be sure any is a real princess. And so he returns home sadly. But then one stormy night there is a knock at the door and in comes a girl dressed in rags.

She claims she is Princess Phoebe, looking for a prince she can marry.

The prince is soon fascinated by her, so the queen devises a plan - she will place a single pea underneath the many mattresses on Phoebe's bed.

In the morning, Phoebe complains of not having slept a wink.

The queen is overjoyed - if the girl has felt the pea under all those layers she must be a real princess!

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Product Details
Oxford University Press
0192782363 / 9780192782366
Paperback
823.914
03/11/2005
United Kingdom
English
[17] p. : chiefly col. ill.
26 cm
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Quiz No: 208678, Points 0.50, Book Level 4.40,
Early Years - Key Stage 1 Learn More
The classic story of the Princess and the Pea, retold and illustratedby Ian Beck.
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