The Princess Who Knew
She pats dry her once
unsightly hair.
She stops and listens
to the sound of the ruckus outside.
“Just a quiet peek won’t
hurt.”
The queen steadfast at stripping
the bed.
Dead in the center she
placed a simple green pea.
“This surely cannot be
her test for me.”
The princes gazed at
her work;
20 mattresses, 20
comforters, all perfectly placed.
Her majesty pauses
gasping for air, then turns to the possible heir.
She sees that the
princes lay still in the bed.
“Goodnight my dear, I’ll
see you in the morning. I hope you are the one for my sweet Prince Charming.”
The princess awoke with
a grin on her face.
17 mattresses down,
then she took a fall.
She gets up in a panic,
what will she say?
“Good morning your highness
how are you today?”
“I’m well. As for you,
I’m sure you slept sound.”
“All the opposite I’m
afraid. I was up all night tossing and turning. As if a rock were under me
which bruised my back.”
The princess was sure
she was going to be heir, for the queen was to daft for the princess to bare.
“My love. Will you
marry me. For I love you so even my mother is pleased.
“Yes!”
The sun gleamed from
her white teeth. She knew she had cheated her way into royalty.
