There was once a Prince who wished to marry a Princess; but then she must be a real Princess. He travelled all over the world in hopes of finding such a lady; but there was always something wrong. Princesses he found in plenty; but whether they were real Princesses it was impossible for him to decide, for now one thing, now another, seemed to him not quite right about the ladies. At last he returned to his palace quite cast down, because he wished so much to have a real Princess for his wife.
从前有一位王子，他想娶一位公主。但后来她 一定是真正的公主。他走遍了世界各地，希望 找到这样的女士；但总有一些问题。公主他 大量发现；但无论她们是不是真正的公主，这都是不可能的 让他来决定，现在是一件事，现在是另一件事，对他来说似乎不是 关于女士们的说法非常正确。最后他平静地回到了自己的宫殿 沮丧，因为他非常希望有一个真正的公主为他 妻子。
One evening a fearful tempest arose, it thundered and lightened, and the rain poured down from the sky in torrents: besides, it was as dark as pitch. All at once there was heard a violent knocking at the door, and the old King, the Prince's father, went out himself to open it.
一天晚上，一场可怕的暴风雨袭来，电闪雷鸣，闪电袭来， 雨从天上倾盆而下：而且，天黑得像 音高。突然，门外传来一阵剧烈的敲门声， 老国王，也就是王子的父亲，亲自出去打开了它。
It was a Princess who was standing outside the door. What with the rain and the wind, she was in a sad condition; the water trickled down from her hair, and her clothes clung to her body. She said she was a real Princess.
门外站着一位公主。下雨了怎么办 和风，她的处境很悲伤；水从那里滴下来 她的头发和衣服都紧贴着她的身体。她说她是一个真正的 公主。
“Ah! we shall soon see that!” thought the old Queen-mother; however, she said not a word of what she was going to do; but went quietly into the bedroom, took all the bed-clothes off the bed, and put three little peas on the bedstead. She then laid twenty mattresses one upon another over the three peas, and put twenty feather beds over the mattresses.
“啊！我们很快就会看到的！”老太后心想；然而，她 对于她要做什么，只字未提；却悄悄走进了 卧室，把床上所有的床单都拿下来，放上三颗小豌豆 在床架上。然后她把二十张床垫一张一张地铺在上面。 三颗豌豆，在床垫上放了二十张羽毛床。
Upon this bed the Princess was to pass the night.
公主将在这张床上过夜。
The next morning she was asked how she had slept. “Oh, very badly indeed!” she replied. “I have scarcely closed my eyes the whole night through. I do not know what was in my bed, but I had something hard under me, and am all over black and blue. It has hurt me so much!”
第二天早上，有人问她睡得怎么样。 “哦，非常糟糕 确实！她回答道。 “我整个晚上都几乎没有闭上眼睛 通过。我不知道我的床上有什么，但我有一些坚硬的东西 在我的身下，我浑身青一块紫一块。这对我伤害太大了！”
Now it was plain that the lady must be a real Princess, since she had been able to feel the three little peas through the twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds. None but a real Princess could have had such a delicate sense of feeling.
现在很明显这位女士一定是一位真正的公主，因为她有 透过二十个床垫能感觉到三颗小豌豆 和二十张羽毛床。只有真正的公主才能拥有这样的 细腻的感觉。
The Prince accordingly made her his wife; being now convinced that he had found a real Princess. The three peas were however put into the cabinet of curiosities, where they are still to be seen, provided they are not lost.
王子因此娶了她为妻。现在确信他 找到了一位真正的公主。然而，这三颗豌豆被放入 好奇心柜，在那里仍然可以看到它们，只要它们 没有丢失。
Wasn't this a lady of real delicacy?
这不是真正的精致女子吗？