princess and the pea.

everyone has their own favourite fairy tale.
well, not everyone precisely.
but most of us, girls do.
i do.

when i was a little girl, every night, my mom will tell all kind of fairy tales that she could think of.
when i was a bit older, i read it myself. the whole book. and i read it several times.
abah just loves to buy us all kind of books.

some of us love sleeping beauty,
rapunzel la ( this one is rom's fav), she's a big fan of long and beautiful hair,
cinderella, which i think it's all time favourite.
oh, and i do think girls nowdays are more prone towards barbies and all, since they have their own movies and stuff.
and i'm not surprise if some are shrek's die hard fans.
it's still consider as fairy tale whatttttt. :P


princess and the pea.


why on earth i love this tale. i'm not that sure.
maybe because it used to be the shortest tale ever.

A prince wants to marry a princess.
but it must be a REAL princess.
a REAL one. huh.
now, how on earth are you going to figure out whether she's a real princess or not.
so, he went all over the country, all over the world most probably, to find the one and only
the REAL princess.
but ahh, it was not easy for sure.

so, one rainy day, as he was resting in his palace,
pampering his noble steed, a fat one, ( i couldn't help it, i imagine it it that way. :p)
there was a knock on the door.
he was surprised to see a young woman drenched with rain seeks shelter in the prince's castle.
owh, and the way i imagine it, she must be really ugleyyhh. like wayy ugleyhhh. ( it's not that she's not pretty, let me put it out that she's kinda selekeh la lebey kurang)

so, this young not-soo-good-looking woman, claimed that she's a princess
sheesh, a princess huh.
i bet the prince laughed his guts out.
lalala.

the queen however, thought of testing her. whether she's a real princess or else.
so, she put a pea beneath 20 mattresses. (sedap kot tido. haha)
and let the young woman to sleep on it for a night.
the next morning, the young woman complained that she didn't get a good night sleep.
that her whole body aches, and there were bruises all over her body. (bapak ngada plak kan pompoan ni)
so, that confirms it all, that she's a real princess.
and so, the prince marry her,
and yes,
the typical line goes..
and they lived happily ever after ( ya, ya, watever)

again, i questioned myself, why on earth i adore this tale.

it was simple. a simple and a sweet tale.
the prince knows what he wants, ( a REAL princess for sure)
he knows his target,
and he worked his way to achieve it.
and when he found her, there's no turning back. there's no doubt
he knows what he wants. there's no way he's going to let her slip away.

the princess, (yg sgt sempoi),
don't have to prove a thing.
she claimed she's a princess,
whether ppl want to believe her or not,
she just don't care.
no need for her to wear fancy dress, or showing off a magnificent tiara.
if she's a real princess, ppl will find out eventually.

and the queen. she's a wise one. because she used to be a princess kott. kott la.
so, she knew what she was like when she was young. sangat mengada dan cerewet.
but that's not the point,
she knew what's best for his son, and she knows, what her son wants.

so that's it. simple.

there's no need of fairy godmother to help things out,
no villains and all,
no dragons,
no witches,
no wicked spells or whatsoever.
nothing.

i guess, it's the most sensible fairy tale ever.
though it's illogical for someone to be so sensitive towards a pea.
but it could happen.
it could. who knows.

and hur is sleepy already.
nyte2 everyone.
sweet dreams.
:)