THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA

Learn the new words:

prince, queen, king, peas, princess, palace, mattress, servants

Once upon a time there (be) a young prince.

The prince ( want) a wife.

He ( want) to marry a princess.

So the prince ( travel ) around the world on his horse.

The prince ( meet) a lot of beautiful girls.

Im a princess,the girls ( say).But the prince ( not believe )them.

Some girls (be) too short. Others (be) too tall to be princesses.

Finally,the prince ( go) back to his palace.He (be) very sad.

The king and the queen (be) very sad too.

The next evening there (be) a terrible storm.

The sky (be) black and it ( rain) and ( rain).

There (be) a knock at the palace door.

A servant (open) it. And he ( see) a beautiful girl outside in the rain.

The girls clothes (be) wet.Her hair (be) wet.

She (be) very cold.Im a princess,the girl said. Please can I come in?

The servant ( take ) the girl to the queen.

Im a princess ,the girl ( say) again.

But the queen ( not believe )her.

The queen and the servant ( go) out of the room.

The girl is staying with us tonight,the queen ( say) .

Make a bed for her.Put twenty mattresses on the bed.

The queen ( go) into the kitchen.She (pick) up a pea.

She ( think) that real princesses cant sleep when there is a pea under twenty

mattresses.
The next morning the queen ( go) into the princesss bedroom.

How did you sleep?the queen ( ask).

I (sleep) badly.

There (be)something in the bed.I dont know what it (be).

Perhaps it (be) a stone.,the princess ( say).

The girl (be) a princess ! The queen now (believe) her.

The queen (be)sure that princesses cant sleep when there is a pea under twenty

mattresses.
So the prince ( marry) the princess.

But first he ( take )the pea to the royal museum.And its in the museum today!

Match :

1.sad storm

2.beautiful prince

3.wet king and queen

 4.royal evening

5.happy famil

clothes
6.rainy

7.terrible end

8.young princess

What, When, Where, Who, How, Why

1. did the queen go? She went into the

kitchen.

2. did the girl say? " I'm a real princess"

3. was a terrible The storm was in

the evening.
storm?

4. did the girl sleep? She slept badly.

5. opened the door? The servant opened the
door.

6. did he travel Because he wanted to

marry a princess.
around the world?