▸ 一个yī gè下大雨xià dà yǔ的de晚上wǎn shang，王宫wáng gōng门口mén kǒu突然tū rán传来chuán lái敲门声qiāo mén shēng。

On a rainy evening, there was a sudden knock at the palace gate.

▸ 老国王lǎo guó wáng打开dǎ kāi门mén，看见kàn jiàn一个yī gè淋得lín de湿透shī tòu的de女孩nǚ hái，她tā说shuō自己zì jǐ是shì真正的zhēn zhèng de公主gōng zhǔ，请求qǐng qiú借宿jiè sù一yī晚wǎn。

The old king opened the door and saw a girl soaked to the skin, who claimed to be a real princess and asked to stay for the night.

▸ 王后wáng hòu悄悄qiāo qiāo想xiǎng了le个gè主意zhǔ yi。

The queen quietly came up with an idea.

▸ 她tā往wǎng床板chuáng bǎn上shàng放fàng了le一yī粒lì豌豆wān dòu，然后rán hòu搬bān来lái二十èr shí层céng厚厚hòu hòu的de床垫chuáng diàn和hé二十èr shí床chuáng羽绒被yǔ róng bèi，让ràng女孩nǚ hái睡shuì在zài上面shàng miàn。

She placed a pea on the bedboard, then brought twenty thick mattresses and twenty down quilts, and let the girl sleep on top.

▸ 第二天dì èr tiān早上zǎo shang，王后wáng hòu问wèn：“昨晚zuó wǎn睡shuì得de好hǎo吗ma？”

The next morning, the queen asked, 'Did you sleep well last night?'

▸ 女孩nǚ hái揉róu着zhe眼睛yǎn jing说shuō：“床chuáng好hǎo软ruǎn，可kě我wǒ总zǒng觉得jué de有yǒu什么shén me硬yìng东西dōng xi硌gè着zhe背bèi，整夜zhěng yè都dōu没méi睡着shuì zháo！您nín看kàn，我wǒ背bèi上shàng还hái有yǒu瘀青yū qīng呢ne！”

The girl rubbed her eyes and said, 'The bed was very soft, but I kept feeling something hard pressing against my back, and I couldn't sleep all night! Look, there are bruises on my back!'

▸ 王后wáng hòu立刻lì kè笑xiào了le：“只有zhǐ yǒu真正zhēn zhèng的de公主gōng zhǔ才cái会huì这么zhè me娇嫩jiāo nèn，连lián被子bèi zi下xià的de豌豆wān dòu都dōu能néng感觉gǎn jué到dào！”

The queen immediately smiled and said, 'Only a real princess would be so delicate that she could feel a pea under the quilts!'

▸ 国王guó wáng高兴gāo xìng地dì宣布xuān bù：“你nǐ就是jiù shì我们wǒ men要yào找zhǎo的de公主gōng zhǔ！”

The king happily announced, 'You are the princess we are looking for!'

▸ 后来hòu lái，王子wáng zǐ和hé这位zhè wèi细心xì xīn的de公主gōng zhǔ结jié了le婚hūn，那nà粒lì豌豆wān dòu还hái被bèi收shōu进jìn了le博物馆bó wù guǎn呢ne！

Later, the prince married this attentive princess, and that pea was even kept in a museum!

▸ 寓意yù yì：真正zhēn zhèng的de特别tè bié之zhī处chù，往往wǎng wǎng藏cáng在zài最zuì细微xì wēi的de地方dì fang。

Moral: True uniqueness often lies in the smallest details.

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