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Once upon a time there was a prince. And this prince's dad and mom (the King and Queen) somehow got it into their royal heads that no Princess would be good enough for their boy unless she ould feel a pea through one hundred mattresses.
So it should come as no surprise that the Prince had a very hard timefinding a Princess. Every time he met a nice girl, his mom and dad would pile one hundred mattresses on top of a pea and then invite her to sleep over. When the princess came down for breakfast, the queen would ask, "How did you sleep, dear?" The princess would say, "Fine, thank you." And the King would show her the door. Now this went on for three years. And of course nobody ever felt the pea under one hundred mattresses. Then one day te pricne met the girl of his dreams. He decided he better do something about it. That night, before the Princess went to bed, the Prince sliped his bowling ball under the one hundred mattersses. When the Princess cae down for breakfast the next morning, the Queen asked, "How did you sleep, dear?" "This might sound odd," said the Princess. "But I think you need another mattress. I felt like I was sleeping on a lump as big as a bowling ball." The King and the Queen were satisfied. The Prince and the Princess were married.
And everyone lived hapilly, though maybe not completey honestly ever after. The End.
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