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    TM

    The Princess
    and the Pea
    A retelling by Violet Findley • Illustrated by Rebecca Thornburg
    TM

    The Princess
    and the Pea
    A retelling by Violet Findley • Illustrated by Rebecca Thornburg
    Guided Reading Level H

    No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part or stored in a retrieval


    system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
    recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information
    regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.
    Written by Violet Findley
    Illustrated by Rebecca Thornburg
    Designed by Maria Lilja
    ISBN: 0-439-77405-5
    Copyright © 2006 by Scholastic Inc.
    All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc. Printed in China.
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 62 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06
    Once upon a time, there lived a prince. He
    was very lonely and wanted to get married.
    2
    The prince looked high and low for the
    perfect wife, but had no luck. He could
    not find a real princess anywhere!
    3
    One stormy night, there was a knock on his
    door. When the prince opened it, he saw a
    girl. Her hair was wet. Her clothes were
    muddy. And she was shivering.
    4
    “Hello. I am a princess. May I stay here
    tonight?” she asked.
    “Of course,” he said kindly.
    5
    The prince invited the girl in.
    “Come warm yourself by the fire.
    Have a cup of hot chocolate,” he said.
    “Thank you,” she said sweetly.
    6
    The girl seemed very nice. Could she really
    be a princess? The prince had a plan to
    find out.
    7
    First, he put a tiny pea on a bed.
    8
    Second, he piled 20 mattresses on top of
    the pea. Third, he piled 20 quilts on top
    of the mattresses.
    9
    “Here is your bed. Sweet dreams,” he said.
    10
    But the girl’s dreams were not sweet. She
    tossed and turned. She barely slept at all.
    11
    The next morning, the prince invited the
    girl to have some pancakes.
    “How did you sleep?” he asked.
    12
    “I don’t mean to be rude, but I slept very
    badly. It felt like there was a boulder under
    my back!” she said with a yawn.
    13
    The prince smiled. Then, he got down on
    one knee and asked the girl to marry him.
    14
    Why? He knew that only a real princess
    could feel a tiny pea under 20 mattresses
    and 20 quilts!
    15
    The girl said yes, of course. Then they both
    lived, and snoozed, happily ever after.
    16
    Glossary
    boulder huge rock

    rude not polite

    shivering shaking with cold

    snoozed slept

    stormy rainy or snowy with a lot


    of wind
    TM

    ISBN: 0-439-77405-5

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