This Simplified Mock Trial case is based on the events described in The Princess and The Pea in which a Prince finds a real princess because she had felt a pea right through twenty mattresses and twenty eider-down beds (and) nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that.”
- The Prince, who had first thought all of his dreams would be met by finding a real princess, discovered that nothing he nor anyone else did for the Princess was enough for her.
- She blamed and complained to everyone that she was not being treated like a real princess, and this tortured her in mind and body.
- The Prince having seen what life would be like with the Princess called off the wedding.
- The Princess said it wasn’t fair to cancel the wedding since she was a real princess which was what the Prince had wanted.
• The Learning Foundation – “Hard to Please” – Simplified Mock Trial – Lesson Plan
