The Not So Princess and the PeaOnce upon a time there was a prince; his name was Prince Ben. He was dying to find a princess for him to marry. But he would only marry her if she was true to the Blue Blood Family. He searched all around the country looking for his perfect wife, but after years of searching he returned home, with no princess, and a broken heart.
Later that night a terrible storm took place. It rained, lightening struck and thunder boomed throughout the whole kingdom. Deep into night a knock on the castle door woke the sleeping family. The king opened the door to find a beautiful young girl drenched from the rain, with soaked clothes and a shivering almost blue body standing at his doorstep.
She introduced herself as Catherine, declared she was a princess and begged to be let into the house for the night. When the prince saw her he was stunned by her beauty and it was love at first sight. The Queen was suspicious of Catherine, but the King told her that she was just being an overprotective mother.
Later that night the queen went to make Princess Catherine’s bed and cunningly placed a pea under twenty mattresses and on top of that twenty feather beds. If Princess Catherine had a restless sleep it would prove she was a princess for only princesses could feel a pea under twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds, for a princess has such soft delicate skin.
When Princess Catherine was lead to her room she saw the twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds, and was startled, her face went white and she slowly started to back away. The queen viscously asked her what was the problem, and she replied,
“I am ever so sorry your majesty, but I am terribly afraid of heights, may I please sleep on something… err… closer to the ground”
Frustrated and shocked the queen eventually agreed, and the princess had a peaceful sleep
The King, Queen and Prince Ben never truly found out whether the princess was royalty, but because the prince was so in love with the princess, he believed her, and they got happily married.
Two years after the handsome Prince Ben and beautiful Princess Catherine had been married; the prince noticed that his princess was becoming shy and very secretive. She didn’t spend much time with him, and he was baffled as too why.
His concern grew greater, and he decided to confront her about it. As he was coming to her door he opened it and found his beautiful princess sitting in front of her mirror with little hair and a wig on her dressing table. She was also pulling out tissue by tissue from a box and carefully placing them into her bra. He screamed at her and yelled “what are you doing???”
She looked embarrassed and ashamed, slowly turned to him and replied in a deep husky voice,
“I am a man.”
