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The Princess and the pea

There was once a prince, and he wanted a princess, but then she must be a real Princess. He travelled right around the world to find one, but there was always something wrong. There were plenty of princesses, but whether they were real princesses he had great difficulty in discovering; there was always something that was not quite right about them. So at last he had come home again, and he was very sad because he wanted a real princess so badly.

One evening there was a terrible storm; it thundered and lightened and the rain poured down in torrents; indeed it was a fearful night.

In the middle of the storm somebody knocked at the town gate, and the old King himself sent to open it.

It was a princess who stood outside, but she was in a terrible state from the rain and the storm. The water streamed out of her hair and her clothes; it ran in at the top of her shoes and out at the heel, but she said that she was a real princess.
Well we shall soon see if that is true, thought the old Queen, but she said nothing. She went into the bedroom, took all the bed clothes off and laid a pea on the bedstead: then she took twenty mattresses and piled them on top of the pea, and then twenty feather beds on top of the mattresses. This was where the princess was to sleep that night. In the morning they asked her how she slept.

Oh terribly bad! said the princess. I have hardly closed my eyes the whole night! Heaven knows what was in the bed. I seemed to be lying upon some hard thing, and my whole body is black and blue this morning. It is terrible!

They saw at once that she must be a real princess when she had felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds. Nobody but a real princess could have such a delicate skin.

So the prince took her to be his wife, for now he was sure that he had found a real princess, and the pea was put into the Museum, where it may still be seen if no one has stolen it.

Now this is a true story. 

The three little pigs story

Once upon a time there were three little pigs and the time came for them to seek their fortunes and built their houses.

The first little pig built himself a house of straw, the middle brother decided to buid a house of sticks, it wasn´t either a very strong house, but the third pig, the oldest, decided to build a house of bricks, he did not mind hard work because he wanted a strong house, because he knew that in the woods nearby there was a wolf who liked catch little pigs and eat them up.

When the three houses where finished, the three little pigs were happy dancing and singing -- "Who is scared of furious wolf, furious wolf, furious wolf?, "who is scared of furious wolf...?"
Just as the first little pig reached his door, out of the woods popped a big bad wolf. The little pig squealed with fright and slammed the door. - "Little pig, little pig, let me come in!" cryed the wolf -- "Not by the hair of my chinny -- chin chin!" -- said the little pig -- "then I´ll huff and I´ll puff and I´ll blow your house in!" -- roared the wolf.

And he blew the little straw house. Away raced the little pig to his brother´s house of sticks.

The wolf was really angry, so went behind the youngest pig until the house of sticks, where the pigs where singing - "Who is scared of furious wolf, furious wolf, furious wolf?, who is scared of furious wolf...?" - Suddenly the wolf roared -- "Open the door, Let me come in!" -- " "No, we won´t!" -- said the pigs. "then I´ll huff and I´ll puff and I´ll blow down your house!" -- roared the wolf. And he blew down the little house of sticks. The two little pigs raced away to his big brother´s house of bricks and started to sign -" "Who is scared of furious wolf, furious wolf, furious wolf?, "who is scared of furious wolf...?"

This made the big wolf perfectly furious -- "open the door little pigs!, let me come in! " -- "no we wont´t" -- "then I´ll huff and I´ll puff and I´ll blow down your house!" -- But he couldn´t blow down that little house of bricks. 
He decided to climb and get in through the chimney. So he climbed, jumped down and fell right into a kettle of boiling water! He sprang straight up the chimney again and raced away into the woods. The three little pigs never saw him again, and spent their time in the strong brick house dancing and singing -- "Who is scared of furious wolf, furious wolf, furious wolf?, "Who is scared of furious wolf? furious wolf !".

THE END 

The Little Red Riding Hood

One day, Little Red Riding Hood’s mother said to her, “Take this basket of goodies to your grandma’s cottage, but don’t talk to strangers on the way!” Promising not to, Little Red Riding Hood skipped off. 

On her way she met the Big Bad Wolf who asked, “Where are you going, little girl?” 

“To my grandma’s, Mr. Wolf!” she answered.

The Big Bad Wolf then ran to her grandmother’s cottage much before Little Red Riding Hood, and knocked on the door. 

When Grandma opened the door, he locked her up in the cupboard. 

The wicked wolf then wore Grandma’s clothes and lay on her bed, waiting for Little Red Riding Hood.

When Little Red Riding Hood reached the cottage, she entered and went to Grandma’s bedside.

“My! What big eyes you have, Grandma!” she said in surprise. 

“All the better to see you with, my dear!” replied the wolf. 

“My! What big ears you have, Grandma!” said Little Red Riding Hood. 

“All the better to hear you with, my dear!” said the wolf.

 “What big teeth you have, Grandma!” said Little Red Riding Hood. 

“All the better to eat you with!” growled the wolf pouncing on her. 
Little Red Riding Hood screamed and the woodcutters in the forest came running to the cottage. 

They beat the Big Bad Wolf and rescued Grandma from the cupboard. Grandma hugged Little Red Riding Hood with joy. 

The Big Bad Wolf ran away never to be seen again. 

Little Red Riding Hood had learnt her lesson and never spoke to strangers ever again.

The End.