The Princess and the Pea is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen first published in 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark. However my vivid memory of this story is in the production Once Upon a Mattress, which starred Carol Burnett. The plot of the story is that of a Prince desiring to marry a Princess and of course is finding it hard to meet the proper women/princess. Well, as the story goes, said Princess finds herself in distress one stormy night and seeks shelter in a nearby castle. The Prince of course is over come by the pure beauty of the Princess. The mother of the Prince ever doubtful decides to put the Guest/Princess to the test by placing a pea under the twenty mattresses and featherbeds offered up to her for the night. In the morning the Princess complains of her sleepless night caused by something hard in the bed. The Prince rejoices for only a true Princess would have such sensitivity. The two are married and live happily ever after.
That's the one I remember. It gave me the perfect illusion of what a real princess should be :)
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