Once upon a time, there was a prince that wanted to marry a princess, but he wanted to marry the one. His mother, the Queen, decided to  host a grand ball inviting princesses from all over the world. He met a lot of beautiful ladies, princesses, noble women but he did not feel like any of those women was the one. The prince was sad because he did not find his future wife. He admitted to his mother that not a single woman was the one from his dreams.

One night a terrible storm started, and it was raining heavily. While the thunders were raging on, somebody knocked on the castle door. It was an entirely wet girl. She shivered from the coldness and even though she was tormented by the storm she looked beautiful.

They let her into the castle to freshen up, and the girl kept on saying that she was a princess. The prince sent his servants to bring the girl to him, and when he saw her, he fell in love with her at first sight. When he saw her, he felt incredible happiness and wanted to believe that she was the one. At that moment, all he could think about is making sure that she was a princess.

The prince did not even suspect that his mother was thinking same as him. She took a pea, placed it in the guest room under ten mattresses, and the girl had to sleep like that.

The Princess was visited by the stars under the moon, dancing pillows and tormented all night by pesky peas.

In the morning, they asked her if she slept well and her answer was no because she felt like she was bothered all night and was sleeping on something hard. They realized she was a princess because she felt the pea underneath her. The prince and the princess got married, and the pea was placed into a treasury.