He wanted a real princess
So the prince rode far and wide
There were so many
But he never felt inside
That they were real
He returned to his palace
The king and queen
Could give him no solace
One night thunder roared
Lightning flashed
The rain poured
There was a knock
At the palace door
Revealing a real princess
Water streaming from her hair
The canny queen
Wanted to be sure
So she placed a pea
On the princess’s bed
And covered it with twenty mattresses
And twenty quilts of eider down
And next morning marvelled
At the princess’s frown
From her poor night’s sleep
The prince took her as his wife
Keeping the pea
For the rest of his life
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writing in north norfolk 