Princeza na zrnu graška

The story begins with a young prince who wants to marry a real princess. He travels the world in search, but nowhere does he find one who would meet all his criteria – there was always something missing, or she was not noble or sincere enough.

One stormy night, a girl knocks on the door of the royal castle, wet to the skin, claiming to be a princess. The queen, suspicious of her claim, decides to check her origins in an unusual way. She places a pea at the foot of the bed, and twenty mattresses and twenty duvets on top of it.

In the morning, the girl complains that she could not sleep because she felt something hard in the bed, which caused her bruises. This was proof of her true sensitivity – a quality that, according to the fairy tale, only a real princess possesses.

Delighted by the discovery, the prince decides to marry the girl, because he has finally found a real princess. The pea is preserved in the royal museum as proof of the authenticity of the story – at least that is what the fairy tale says.

This fairy tale, although short, carries a strong message about how true qualities cannot always be seen from the outside, but sometimes need to be carefully discovered.