When a bedraggled young woman, caught outside in the rain, arrives at the palace and claims to be a princess, the Queen places a tiny pea under her mattresses to test her. The young woman cannot get a wink of sleep because of the hard lump in her bed, proving that she is indeed a princess. She and the Prince marry and live happily ever after. 36 colour illustrations
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Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875) was a Danish author and prolific writer of plays, novels and poems, but he is best remembered for his fairy tales. Among his most-loved stories are The Emperor's New Clothes, The Ugly Duckling and The Snow Queen , but it is probably for The Little Mermaid that he is most fa
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