Understand spoken Dutch

"The Princess and the Pea" Practice Dutch lesson

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And yet she said she was a true princess.,
But good heavens!,
But she said nothing, went to the bedroom, lifted up all the bedding up, and laid down a pea on the bed base; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty more feather-down quilts on the mattresses.,
It was a princess who stood outside in front of the gate.,
Now he traveled all over the world to find such a one, but all he saw lacked something.,
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but it had to be a real princess.,
One evening a strong thunderstorm came; there was thunder and lighting, the rain was pouring down, it was terrible weather!,
So he came home again and was sad, because he really wanted to have a real princess.,
The next morning they asked her how she had slept.,
The princess now had to lie there all night.,
The water dripped from her hair and clothes; it went in at the toes of her shoes and went out again at the heels.,
There was a knock at the city gate, and the old king went to open it.,
There was always something that was a bit not quite right.,
There were enough princesses; but he could not find out if they were real princesses.,
What did she look like from the rain and the terrible weather!,
“Now, we’ll find out!” thought the old queen.
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