I was just wondering why a Prince/potential King would lay so much store in someone who can lie on 99 matressess and feel a pea? Why would this make him want to marry her and what qualifications would this afford her as future Queen?
2007-01-14 19:44:03 · 18 answers · asked by Connie Lindquist's!® 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Preschool
Think the moral is actually that breeding always shows - if you have "royal" genes, then that will count for something. Remember that when this was written they would actually have believed in all that inequality bobbins. Not a good story for today's equal opportunities ethos.
2007-01-14 19:55:26 · answer #1 · answered by Queen of the Night 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Princess And The Pea Moral
2016-10-28 06:35:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Princess and the Pea is a children's story. However, the story wants to say that a true princess is a sensitive person that can feel even a pea under many mattresses, because she is princess by blood, she has attained a manner equivalent only for the royals. The prince would like to marry such because of the same standard they have and at the same time it will not be hard to understand one another and rule their kingdom. The End.
2007-01-15 00:17:37 · answer #3 · answered by angel 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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I was just wondering why a Prince/potential King would lay so much store in someone who can lie on 99 matressess and feel a pea? Why would this make him want to marry her and what qualifications would this afford her as future Queen?
2015-08-18 16:38:52 · answer #4 · answered by Holt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That royalty is better than us because they can be uncomfortable even through a dozen mattresses. ;) There is a version where the princess is nice to someone early on and that person tells her to behave as though she feels the pea to win the prince's heart, which would be a standard, "help old/ugly people" story. Otherwise I think it's not a fable, but just a fairytale. As such it need not have a moral, or even a point.
2016-03-19 16:18:38 · answer #5 · answered by Marie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a rather strange story. I think it was all about the 'fact' that a real Princess i.e. a girl who had been born to a genuine King and Queen would have almost supernatural sensitivity and therefore would feel a pea (no doubt dried and uncooked!) tjrough loads of mattresses.
Nowadays, you would have to have your family tree carefully checked to make sure no ogres, woodcutters, dwarves etc in your background!
As to the moral of this story, i dont think there is one. Other stories seem to have one - Little Red Riding Hood: Obey your mother - keep to the path. 3 Bears: Don't leave your house unlocked! etc.
2007-01-14 20:01:59 · answer #6 · answered by Caroline 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was that only someone of blue blood could feel a pea under the matresses and so she could so she was a princess end of story
2007-01-14 19:53:52 · answer #7 · answered by cazzra1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This story has always fascinated me.
I always thought the moral was that "little princess" types were never satisifed with what they had?
2007-01-14 20:00:09 · answer #8 · answered by Not Ecky Boy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moral is not to eat in bed. Actually, it meant that she was especially sensitive, and as such, would probably be as sensitive in her dealings with the people of his kingdom.
2007-01-14 19:49:34 · answer #9 · answered by Mangy Coyote 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't sweep things under the carpet. Not all problems can be simply covered up. Don't eat in bed.
2007-01-14 19:50:32 · answer #10 · answered by Powerpuffgeezer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋