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##, Merlin, will now tell the story of:
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The Princess and the Pea.
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Once upon a time

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there was a prince

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 who wanted to marry a princess.
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but she would have to be a \emp\real princess.
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He travelled \emp\all over the world to find one, but, nowhere could he get what he wanted.
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There were \emp\\map="prin-sehses"="princesses"\ enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were \emp\real ones.
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There was always \emp\something about them that was not as it should be.
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So he came home again,

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and was sad,

for he would have liked very much to have a \emp\real princess.

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One evening a \emp\terrible storm came on

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there was thunder and lightning,

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and the rain poured down in torrents.

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\chr="Whisper"\ Suddenly, a knocking was heard at the city gate.
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The old king went to open it.
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It was a princess, standing out there in front of the gate!
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But, good gracious! what a sight the rain and the wind had made her look.
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 The water ran down from her hair and clothes;
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it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels.
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And yet she said that she was a real princess.
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 "Well, we'll soon find that out," thought the old queen.
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But she said nothing,

went into the bedroom,

took all the bedding off the bed, and laid a \emp\pea at the bottom.
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Then she took \emp\twenty mattresses, and laid them on the pea.

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On this, the princess had to lie \emp\all night.
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 In the morning she was asked how she had slept.
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"\emp\Oh, very badly!" she said.
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 "I have scarcely closed my eyes \emp\all night.
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 \pau=500\Heaven only knows what was in the bed.
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but I was lying on \emp\something hard, so that I am black and blue all \emp\over my body.
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It's horrible!"
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Now they \emp\knew that she was a \emp\real princess, 

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because she had felt the \emp\pea, right through the \emp\twenty mattresses.
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\emp\Nobody, but a \emp\real princess could be as sensitive as that.
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So the prince took her for his wife

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for now, he knew that he had a real princess

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and the pea was put in the museum,

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where it may still be seen,

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\chr="Whisper"\if no one has stolen it.
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There, that is a true story.
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\emp\"The    End."
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