Once upon a time there was a prince

Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess.

One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it.

It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! what a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princess.

Well, we'll soon find that out, thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses.

On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept.

"Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!"

Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.

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Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that.

So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.

There, that is a true story.

Hasil (Bahasa Indonesia) 2:

Sekali waktu ada seorang pangeran yang ingin menikahi seorang putri; tapi dia harus menjadi seorang putri sejati. Ia melakukan perjalanan di seluruh dunia untuk menemukan satu, tapi tak bisa ia mendapatkan apa yang ia inginkan. Ada putri cukup, tapi itu sulit untuk mengetahui apakah mereka yang nyata. Selalu ada sesuatu tentang mereka yang tidak sebagaimana mestinya. Jadi dia pulang lagi dan sedih, karena ia akan menyukai sangat banyak untuk memiliki seorang putri sejati. Suatu malam badai yang mengerikan datang; ada guntur dan kilat, dan hujan turun deras. Tiba-tiba sebuah ketukan terdengar di pintu gerbang kota, dan raja tua pergi untuk membukanya. Itu adalah putri berdiri di luar sana di depan pintu gerbang. Tapi, baik hati! apa pemandangan hujan dan angin telah membuatnya tampak. Air mengalir turun dari rambut dan pakaiannya; itu berlari ke dalam ujung sepatu dan keluar lagi di tumit. Namun dia mengatakan bahwa dia adalah seorang putri sejati. Yah, kita akan segera menemukan bahwa keluar, pikir ratu tua. Tapi dia mengatakan apa-apa, pergi ke kamar tidur, mengambil semua tempat tidur dari ranjang, dan meletakkan kacang di bagian bawah; kemudian dia mengambil dua puluh kasur dan meletakkannya di kacang polong, dan kemudian dua puluh tempat tidur eider-down di atas kasur. Tentang hal ini sang putri harus berbohong sepanjang malam. Di pagi hari dia ditanya bagaimana dia telah tidur. "Oh, sangat buruk!" katanya. "Saya telah hampir memejamkan mata sepanjang malam. Surga hanya tahu apa yang ada di tempat tidur, tapi aku sedang berbaring di sesuatu yang keras, sehingga saya hitam dan biru di seluruh tubuh saya. Ini mengerikan!" Sekarang mereka tahu bahwa dia adalah seorang putri sejati karena ia telah merasakan kacang polong kanan melalui dua puluh kasur dan dua puluh tempat tidur eider-down. <2> Tidak ada tapi putri sejati bisa sensitif seperti itu. Jadi pangeran membawanya untuk istrinya, untuk saat ini ia tahu bahwa ia memiliki seorang putri sejati; dan kacang itu dimasukkan ke dalam museum, di mana ia masih dapat dilihat, jika tidak ada yang mencurinya. Ada, yang merupakan kisah nyata.