Princess on the Pea

In the distant state
Once upon a time there was a prince in a rich kingdom.
He wanted to get married
He ordered to equip the horse.
I dreamed of a wife for a princess,
To live life with her,

He traveled the whole world -
There is no real one anywhere!
Although I've met a lot of princesses,
Something in them was missing,
The prince returned home,
Tired, slightly alive.

Somehow a storm broke out
Time after noon, it was getting dark
Thunder struck and rain poured down
The wind did something terrible.
Suddenly there was a knock at the gate,
Someone came to the palace

Is heaven
Have you worked miracles?
The tsar father opened the gates
In the blaze of lightning in bad weather
There is a child at the gate
All wet from the rain!

The drops ran in trickles
The girl was barely breathing
I asked to let in the house,
Warm up and shelter.
She said that the princess
Lost in the woods

And I accidentally went out to them -
She needs rest.
“Well,” the queen decided, “
I'll check who the maiden is.
I'll put her to bed
Sleep on a pea! "

And she went to the bedchamber
Now this is the name of the bedroom
She puts peas on the mattress
And a lot of feather beds.
I counted two dozen
I'm tired of covering the bed.

The girl went to bed
Something was preventing her from sleeping.
In the morning they called for breakfast.
“How did you sleep,” they found out.
And the princess says:
“I'm broken, everything hurts,

Something was tormenting in bed
The bruises are now on the body
Didn't close my eyes at night
And I didn't get enough sleep now! "
The eyes are tired and inviting
Said he was real

She was a noble girl
Everything is white like winter snow.
The prince married the princess
The wedding was not more wonderful
Happiness they favor
And they keep the pea.

The whole story is true
That was in the distant past
This fairy tale has come to an end
And who listened - well done!
(Lyubov Yasinevskaya)