The Princess and the Pea

The Princess and the Pea. A retelling of the classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Shi Fenlin. Focus question. How can the way someone looks be misleading?

《豌豆公主》：改编自汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生的经典童话，石芬林 绘 核心问题：一个人的外表可能具有怎样的误导性？

Once upon a time, there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess. She had to be a real princess though.

从前，有一位王子，他想要娶一位公主为妻。 不过，她必须得是真正的公主才行。

The prince looked all over the world, but he couldn't find who he wanted. Many young women said they were princesses, but were they really? It was hard to know for sure. There was always something about them that did not seem quite right.

王子找遍了全世界， 可怎么也找不到他想要的那个人。 很多年轻姑娘都说自己是公主，可她们真的是吗？ 这实在很难确定。 她们身上总有些地方看起来不太对劲。

So the prince came home again and was sad. He still wanted to find a real princess to marry.

于是王子又回到了家里，心里非常难过。 他还是想找到一位真正的公主娶她为妻。

One evening, there was a terrible storm with thunder and lightning. The rain came down hard as the wind howled. Suddenly, someone knocked at the castle door.

一天傍晚，来了一场可怕的暴风雨，电闪雷鸣。 狂风呼啸，大雨哗啦啦往下落。 突然，有人敲响了城堡的大门。

A young woman stood outside. She said she was a princess who had been caught in the storm.

门外站着一位年轻的姑娘。 她说自己是位公主，在路上遇上了这场暴风雨。