This was a terrible day for the prince as this was the day he and his princess would go shopping for a new mattress.
She once read that a mattress should be replaced every 5-7 years, and so every 5 years they went out to buy a new mattress.
“What about this one?” He asked his beloved princess.
She gave him the stink eye and she continued walking through the aisles of beds on the top floor of the Mattress Giant’s store.
He followed her and every mattress they passed by she had said it was no good, to cheap or not thick-looking enough.
She finally stopped at king sized mattress with a high price tag, the prince knew what was going to happen next.
She gently sat down on the bed and positioned herself in the middle and laid down.
The prince watch her face turn even more sour and she looked at him and said, “This is a horrible mattress, theres something poking my back.”
He remained calm considering they had been her for over four hours already, “Do you mean you feel a spring?”
A salesman was coming their way and the prince tried his best to signal him to stay away but to no avail.
“Can I help you with anything.”, He cheerfully said.
“There’s something wrong with this mattress, something is poking into my back. I can feel the people one floor down walking around, a mildly obese man with a petite woman and a son and daughter are right below me.”, The princess explained.
“That’s impossible.”, The salesman said followed by a short laugh.
The princess was offended, “Guards! Cease this man, and throw him in the darkest chamber we have.”, she screamed.
The prince tried not to get involved and stared at his shoes, the guards dragged the salesman away from the royal couple, he was kicking and screaming saying he was sorry.
The princess got up from the bed and continued walking around and about the mattress store, the prince followed her around and with every mattress she tried she got more and more grumpy, “So you’re saying I’m being to difficult!? Let’s see who married me for my physical sensitivity? Hm, YOU!” She yelled at him.
The prince thought about that every single day, and every day he regretted it more and more.
“Your highness, I have found you a mattress you might like.”, The Jester said.
The princess stopped straight in her tracks and turned towards the little man wearing a funny outfit, “Is this a joke? Because it’s not funny, Guards!” she yelled.
Before the prince could blink his eyes the jester was picked up by one of the guards by his feet and was held upside down, “No no, please, it’s no joke.”, He said while squirming in the air.
“Show me where it is, now!” she ordered the jester, and so the royal couple followed the jester who was skipping his way to mattress, and in the back of one of the dark corners there was a mattress the princess had not seen before.
The prince grabbed his wallet and picked a small pea out of it and handed it to the princess, “The perfect test, right?”
And for the first time that day she smiled at him, and ordered one of the guards to place the pea underneath the mattress.
The princess climbed up on the mattress and laid herself onto it and the prince, jester and the guards looked at her in anticipation.
She tossed and turned for a while but then remained perfectly still, her eyes fell shut and she started to snore lightly.
Everyone around the bed released a sigh and they all noticed how peaceful she looked when she was asleep.
“I hope she never wakes up again.”, The prince and jester said at the exact same time.
They looked at each other, the prince felt a strange attraction to the short and strange looking man.
The prince asked the jester for some help on testing out the new mattress for the guest room, and the jester happily obliged.
She once read that a mattress should be replaced every 5-7 years, and so every 5 years they went out to buy a new mattress.
“What about this one?” He asked his beloved princess.
She gave him the stink eye and she continued walking through the aisles of beds on the top floor of the Mattress Giant’s store.
He followed her and every mattress they passed by she had said it was no good, to cheap or not thick-looking enough.
She finally stopped at king sized mattress with a high price tag, the prince knew what was going to happen next.
She gently sat down on the bed and positioned herself in the middle and laid down.
The prince watch her face turn even more sour and she looked at him and said, “This is a horrible mattress, theres something poking my back.”
He remained calm considering they had been her for over four hours already, “Do you mean you feel a spring?”
A salesman was coming their way and the prince tried his best to signal him to stay away but to no avail.
“Can I help you with anything.”, He cheerfully said.
“There’s something wrong with this mattress, something is poking into my back. I can feel the people one floor down walking around, a mildly obese man with a petite woman and a son and daughter are right below me.”, The princess explained.
“That’s impossible.”, The salesman said followed by a short laugh.
The princess was offended, “Guards! Cease this man, and throw him in the darkest chamber we have.”, she screamed.
The prince tried not to get involved and stared at his shoes, the guards dragged the salesman away from the royal couple, he was kicking and screaming saying he was sorry.
The princess got up from the bed and continued walking around and about the mattress store, the prince followed her around and with every mattress she tried she got more and more grumpy, “So you’re saying I’m being to difficult!? Let’s see who married me for my physical sensitivity? Hm, YOU!” She yelled at him.
The prince thought about that every single day, and every day he regretted it more and more.
“Your highness, I have found you a mattress you might like.”, The Jester said.
The princess stopped straight in her tracks and turned towards the little man wearing a funny outfit, “Is this a joke? Because it’s not funny, Guards!” she yelled.
Before the prince could blink his eyes the jester was picked up by one of the guards by his feet and was held upside down, “No no, please, it’s no joke.”, He said while squirming in the air.
“Show me where it is, now!” she ordered the jester, and so the royal couple followed the jester who was skipping his way to mattress, and in the back of one of the dark corners there was a mattress the princess had not seen before.
The prince grabbed his wallet and picked a small pea out of it and handed it to the princess, “The perfect test, right?”
And for the first time that day she smiled at him, and ordered one of the guards to place the pea underneath the mattress.
The princess climbed up on the mattress and laid herself onto it and the prince, jester and the guards looked at her in anticipation.
She tossed and turned for a while but then remained perfectly still, her eyes fell shut and she started to snore lightly.
Everyone around the bed released a sigh and they all noticed how peaceful she looked when she was asleep.
“I hope she never wakes up again.”, The prince and jester said at the exact same time.
They looked at each other, the prince felt a strange attraction to the short and strange looking man.
The prince asked the jester for some help on testing out the new mattress for the guest room, and the jester happily obliged.
