![]() ![]() "Well, we'll soon find that out," thought the old queen. And yet she said that she was a real princess. The water ran down from her hair and clothes it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. But, good gracious! what a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. ![]() Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it. One evening a terrible storm came on there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess but she woul have to be a real princess. ![]()
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