Capa de The Real Princess

There was once a Prince who wished to marry a Princess; but then she must be a real Princess. He travelled all over the world in hopes of finding such a lady; but there was always something wrong. Princesses he found in plenty; but whether they were real Princesses it was impossible for him to decide, for now one thing, now another, seemed to him not quite right about the ladies. At last he returned to his palace quite cast down, because he wished so much to have a real Princess for his wife.

Era uma vez um Príncipe que desejava se casar com uma Princesa; mas ela precisava ser uma Princesa de verdade. Ele viajou pelo mundo todo na esperança de encontrar tal dama; mas sempre havia algo errado. Princesas ele encontrava de sobra; mas se eram Princesas de verdade, era impossível para ele decidir, pois ora uma coisa, ora outra, lhe parecia não estar totalmente certa nas damas. Por fim ele voltou ao seu palácio bastante abatido, porque desejava muito ter uma Princesa de verdade por esposa.

One evening a fearful tempest arose, it thundered and lightened, and the rain poured down from the sky in torrents: besides, it was as dark as pitch. All at once there was heard a violent knocking at the door, and the old King, the Prince's father, went out himself to open it.

Certa noite, levantou-se uma tempestade medonha, trovejou e relampejou, e a chuva caiu do céu em torrentes: além disso, estava escuro como breu. De repente ouviu-se uma batida violenta na porta, e o velho Rei, pai do Príncipe, foi ele mesmo abri-la.

It was a Princess who was standing outside the door. What with the rain and the wind, she was in a sad condition; the water trickled down from her hair, and her clothes clung to her body. She said she was a real Princess.

Era uma Princesa que estava parada do lado de fora da porta. Com a chuva e o vento, ela estava num estado lastimável; a água escorria de seus cabelos, e suas roupas grudavam no corpo. Ela disse que era uma Princesa de verdade.

“Ah! we shall soon see that!” thought the old Queen-mother; however, she said not a word of what she was going to do; but went quietly into the bedroom, took all the bed-clothes off the bed, and put three little peas on the bedstead. She then laid twenty mattresses one upon another over the three peas, and put twenty feather beds over the mattresses.

"Ah! logo veremos isso!" pensou a velha Rainha-mãe; porém, não disse uma palavra sobre o que ia fazer; mas foi tranquilamente até o quarto de dormir, tirou toda a roupa de cama, e colocou três ervilhinhas sobre o estrado. Depois colocou vinte colchões, um sobre o outro, sobre as três ervilhas, e pôs vinte camas de penas sobre os colchões.

Upon this bed the Princess was to pass the night.

Nessa cama a Princesa deveria passar a noite.

The next morning she was asked how she had slept. “Oh, very badly indeed!” she replied. “I have scarcely closed my eyes the whole night through. I do not know what was in my bed, but I had something hard under me, and am all over black and blue. It has hurt me so much!”

Na manhã seguinte, perguntaram-lhe como havia dormido. "Ah, muito mal, de fato!" respondeu ela. "Mal fechei os olhos a noite toda. Não sei o que havia na minha cama, mas eu tinha algo duro debaixo de mim, e estou toda roxa. Isso me machucou tanto!"

Now it was plain that the lady must be a real Princess, since she had been able to feel the three little peas through the twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds. None but a real Princess could have had such a delicate sense of feeling.

Agora estava claro que a dama devia ser uma Princesa de verdade, já que havia conseguido sentir as três ervilhinhas através dos vinte colchões e das vinte camas de penas. Ninguém, a não ser uma Princesa de verdade, poderia ter um senso de tato tão delicado.

The Prince accordingly made her his wife; being now convinced that he had found a real Princess. The three peas were however put into the cabinet of curiosities, where they are still to be seen, provided they are not lost.

O Príncipe, então, tomou-a por esposa; estando agora convencido de que havia encontrado uma Princesa de verdade. As três ervilhas, porém, foram colocadas no gabinete de curiosidades, onde ainda podem ser vistas, desde que não se percam.

Wasn't this a lady of real delicacy?

Não era essa uma dama de verdadeira delicadeza?

🧠 Teste sua compreensão

  1. What was the prince searching for during his travels?

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    Resposta: A real princess to marry

    He traveled the world hoping to find a real princess to marry, but something always seemed not quite right.

  2. How did the mysterious young woman arrive at the palace?

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    Resposta: She knocked at the door during a fierce storm, soaked from the rain

    During a fearful tempest, there was a violent knocking at the door and the old King found her standing outside, drenched.

  3. What test did the old Queen devise to check if she was truly a princess?

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    Resposta: She hid three little peas under a stack of twenty mattresses and feather beds

    The Queen placed three little peas on the bedstead, then piled twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds on top.

  4. How did the young woman describe her night's sleep?

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    Resposta: She slept terribly, feeling something hard beneath her that left her bruised

    She said she had scarcely closed her eyes and was all over black and blue from something hard in the bed.

  5. What did the court conclude from her complaint, and what happened next?

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    Resposta: They concluded only a real princess could have such delicate feeling, and the prince married her

    Since she could feel the peas through so many mattresses and feather beds, she was judged a true princess, and the prince made her his wife.

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