Vocabulary: 5 uses of 'sleep' - The Princess and the Pea part 1

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Hello, I'm Mariam. Today's story is a fairy tale about a young woman whose identity is
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put to the test using just a little green pea. Yep, this is the story of The Princess
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and the Pea. Our story begins a long time ago there's
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a handsome prince who desperately wants to marry a princess. He travels the world to
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find one and there are plenty available but he loses sleep over how genuine they really are.
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So there he is, back at home, in his castle,
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feeling lonely and worried about the situation. That night, there's a big storm, thunder,
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lightning and torrential rain but the prince sleeps through it. He doesn't hear someone knocking
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at the door. But his mother, the Queen, does and she goes to see who it is.
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She opens the door and finds a young woman, soaking wet and wind-blown. "Who are you?"
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she asks. "I'm a princess and I need a place to sleep," the princess said. "Hmmm," the
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Queen thinks, "are you really?" She lets her in and then rushes up to one of the spare
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bedrooms - the castle can sleep hundreds so there are plenty to choose from! She takes
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all the covers and sheets off the bed and places just one green pea at the bottom. Then
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the Queen gets twenty mattresses and piles them up on top of the pea. The King gives
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her a hand because they are rather heavy. Despite all the noise, the prince is sleeping
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like a baby and has no idea what they're up to.
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Strange! What is the Queen up to? Well, join me again in part two to find out. I'll see
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you then. Bye for now.
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