The Real Princess
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A picky prince is eager to find the right wife for himself, provided that she be a real princess. One stormy night, a girl drenched from the rain shows up at his doorstep. She says she is a princess but to test her claim, the prince and his mother come up with a plan.
Desperate times call for desperate measures after all.
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My version of Hans Andersen's story, "The Princess and the Pea."
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