[He grins, pressing another kiss against her temple.] You're pretty brave. Alright then.
So the queen decided she was going to do whatever it took to find out if this girl was really a princess of the royal blood. She decided to test her sensitivity. To do that, she put a single pea under twenty mattresses.[Now that he's at this part, he's sure she's heard this before, but there's something comforting about children's fairytales, he feels. At least for him, there always has been.]
The queen sent the princess to bed, then retired to her own room with the king. The queen knew that only a true princess would be able to feel the pea through all those mattresses. So, the next morning, everyone gathered together in the throne room, waiting anxiously to hear the results of the queen's test.
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Date: 2011-05-19 05:17 am (UTC)So the queen decided she was going to do whatever it took to find out if this girl was really a princess of the royal blood. She decided to test her sensitivity. To do that, she put a single pea under twenty mattresses.[Now that he's at this part, he's sure she's heard this before, but there's something comforting about children's fairytales, he feels. At least for him, there always has been.]
The queen sent the princess to bed, then retired to her own room with the king. The queen knew that only a true princess would be able to feel the pea through all those mattresses. So, the next morning, everyone gathered together in the throne room, waiting anxiously to hear the results of the queen's test.