Princess bedtime short stories

21 Interesting Short Princess Stories For Kids

Children love bedtime stories. They are a good option to strengthen the bond between parents and kids while cultivating healthy imagination prowess.

What better than interesting Princess Stories for Kids to stay engaged? These stories have an old-world charm and interesting elements such as magic, witches, princes and more. It is in fact no wonder that even teachers find these stories worth sharing with their students in the classroom.

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Here we share a few among the most interesting short princess stories for kids and they are sure to crave for more.

1. The Princess and the Faithful Knight

Once upon a time there lived a princess who was too beautiful and kind to her subjects.

The poets and artists were all in praise of her beauty and their works were inspired by her. Once a charming prince from another kingdom came to meet the princess and soon they became friends and slowly they fell in love.

Once he took her to woods to show her the most beautiful rose in the world but as soon as she touched that rose she went into a deep sleep.

The prince cheated her and took away all her riches and ran away. The king sent his people in search of her daughter and finally found the sleeping daughter.

The advisors told that princess will be awake only after the course of the poisonous rose ends. King was deeply worried about her fate.

He announced that any charming prince who wishes to marry her has to come up to kingdom and wait for her to wake up.

Many came to the kingdom to fetch the golden opportunity but as days and months passed, they all went back. But a knight waited for her for 2 years when she woke up.

He told her the entire story and she broke into tears to see his love for her. Princess was in full spirits again and they got married soon and lived happily thereafter.

2. Princess Naomy

Once there lived a beautiful girl named Naomy who was always troubled by her stepmother and two stepsisters. The royal ball was coming and the prince decided to choose a princess from his kingdom.

On the day, stepmother went to the place with her two daughters wishing he would marry one of them.

Naomi wished to go but she had to do a lot of chores assigned by her stepmother. She hurriedly completed the chores but later realized that she don’t have any beautiful dress or accessories to wear.

Suddenly a fairy Godmother appeared before her who granted her wishes of a beautiful dress, a pair of crystal heels and accessories.

She went to the ball and prince fell in love with her as soon as he saw her. He decided that princess Naomy will be his better half for the life.

3. Three Little Princesses

There lived 3 little princesses Kimmy, Katie, and Kristen with their parents in a manor.

There were butlers, maids, cooks, and lots of people to serve them. But both parents and kids were very humble and were really kind to all of them.

Once parents had to leave to their grandmother’s place because she was ill.

Parents arranged their uncle to take care of the kids until they come back. The uncle was a terror and was very rude to everyone. He treated the cook, maid, and butler very badly and shouted at them for no reasons.

Kids were sad about seeing this and decided to teach him a lesson. They did some cooking in the kitchen, helped butler with his chores and maid in cleaning.

Seeing what the princesses were doing, uncle was ashamed of himself. He realized his mistake and behaved well and kind to others thereafter.

4. The Princess and the Bricklayer

Once there lived a princess called Maggie who fell in love with a bricklayer, Kevin. She was tall, beautiful and kind and he was dark, tall and was never angry.

She fell in love with his attitude and announced her love to the whole kingdom except her father who will be very angry.

Kevin also loved her but didn’t have the courage to tell his love to her as he thought that he was unfit for her.

One day, the princess invited Kevin to the palace and told her love for him in front of her father and they kissed each other.

He was very angry at them and screamed at them. Later, the princess explained her love for him and told him that everyone is equal. King later realized their love for each other and let them live together.

5. The Princess and the Pea

Once there lived a prince who was in search of the real princess to marry. He traveled across seven seas to many kingdoms in search of the real princess but came back disappointed.

The queen was worried about his son and she also started looking for a real princess.

One rainy day, a young lady came to them all drenched and dirty and her hair was not put up well but she claimed to be a princess. The queen was curious to find out if she was a real princess.

She put a pea on the bed and then laid twenty mattresses on top of it, then a lot of feathers and again twenty eider-down beds on top of it.

Queen invited her to sleep on it for the night. Next day morning when asked about the sleep, she complained about a hard substance that made her uncomfortable in bed.

Soon they realized that she is a real princess as she is too delicate to feel a peanut under all these comforts. Both queen and prince were happy to find her and the prince got married to her soon.

6. The Enchanted Princess

There was a very pretty princess who wanted to meet her prince for life. She dreamt about him and drew his pictures. She lived with her friend’s deer, birds, squirrel, and turtles. She always sang beautiful songs.

Everybody was fond of her but the evil queen was jealous of her. The queen thought to destroy her and freed an ogre to eat her.

The ogre went chasing her and the animals warned her about the danger. She was very afraid and climbed up a tree. There was a squirrel there to support her.

However, she was about to fall from the tree and there came a prince on a horse and saved her from fall. She realized that he was the man of her dreams and they soon became friends and later got married.

7. The Princess Dragon

Once there lived a princess who never liked to dress up, comb the hair and wore jewels like normal princesses. Instead, she spent her time in playing mean tricks to trouble the knight and fellow people. She was such a bad example of a princess.

Once a witch came near the kingdom and lived in a nearby cave. She thought the dragon can be a good choice in her mean tricks and went to the cave to ask for help. She asked the dragon to capture the knight to trouble her.

To the surprise, the dragon was gentle, calm and played the piano. Soon they realized that they are opposite in nature. They exchanged the places and lived happily for the rest of the years. That was the best decision they made in their life.

8. Princess Rose and the Golden Bird

Once there lived a beautiful princess in a faraway land who had lovely red hair and she loved roses very much. She used to sing in her balcony every night when a golden bird will join her and sit on her shoulder. This will put everyone in the kingdom to a good and peaceful sleep.

One day a witch got jealous of her and cast spells to turn her hair black. That day when she sang in the balcony, everybody got nightmares and all were unhappy.

The golden bird told her to wash her hair in rose water and everything will be well soon. She washed her hair in rose water and her hair turned red again and she sang in the balcony and kingdom slept well.

The witch repeated it again and the princess used rose water to bring back all harmony on the advice of the golden bird. The witch soon realizes their secret and used the power to take away all roses from the kingdom. So this time the princess was helpless and the golden bird advised to wait for a rose that comes to her by surprise one day and flew away.

Days and months passed and one fine day a handsome prince came from another kingdom and gifted a beautiful rose and her wait got over.

She used the rose water and washed her hair and sang in the balcony when the bird joined her and the whole kingdom was in harmony again.

9. Princess Poppy

There was a princess called poppy who lived on an island where all the people were poor. She lived in a castle and had a luxury life with good food, toys, and clothes.

One day an old man came up to her to ask for food as he was hungry. She teased him and shouted at him and sends him off without giving food.

In the night, her feet got swollen and turned like a tomato. Next day also the old man came asking for food and this time she chased him away. This time her feet got swollen even more. She was worried thinking about her fate.

One day, a witch came to visit her and she exclaimed about her condition. The witch told her that this happened because she was over-ambitious and didn’t share anything with others.

This made her think deeper about her deeds and she realized her mistake. From then she shared everything with others and the people in the island were not poor anymore and they lived together happily thereafter.

10. Mermaid’s Picnic

There lived two princesses Kaitlyn and Kara in a big castle. They went out for a picnic one day and came across a beautiful lake with a waterfall.

They stopped there for a while when they heard some beautiful songs. They later figured out that it was from three mermaids who were swimming in the lake.

They all met at the lakeside and mermaids invited them to play along in the lake. Princesses told that they don’t know swimming but mermaids told about the magical power of the lake. Anyone who jumps into the lake will turn into mermaids and they can swim like them.

Princesses were excited and they jumped into the lake and they became mermaids all of a sudden. They had a good play time swimming and playing hide and seek underwater.

Once they were all tired, they got back to the lakeside when they became princesses again. They invited mermaids also to join the picnic and had lunch together and played all day.

11. The Princess and the Horse

A pretty princess lived in a castle in Leyland and her company was a hairy horse who was the king of all horses. She was married to a handsome prince whose company was a beautiful mare who wore dresses, heels, and jewels.

The horse fell in love with the mare and they exchanged lovely gifts and chocolates.

The princess came to know about their love story and she was angry at the horse. She beat him and send him away from her company. The mare got worried and started crying every day and fell ill.

The princess felt sad for her and went in search of her horse. At last, she found him but he was all tired, skinny and having saggy eyes.

She felt bad for her evil deeds and apologized for her mistake. She then fed him with good food and let him to live happily with the mare thereafter.

12. A Pirate’s Treasure

Once there lived two princesses, Regina, and Ruby who loved each other a lot. They have a good treehouse where they play and there are a lot of creative ideas for both sisters like a bucket tied to a string to carry things up and down the house.

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One day while playing in the house, they heard a strange voice and took their binoculars to see that there is a big pirate ship with a flag and a pirate.

They soon became friends and he invited them for an adventurous sea journey. They also turned into two pirates when they entered the ship. They had a wonderful journey where the pirate shared his stories.

Finally, when they came back, the pirate gifted them a bag full of treasure and a flag. Once they stepped out of the ship, they were princesses again.

They kept all treasure in their treehouse and placed the flag on top of the treehouse. They played happily hoping for another day when they see the pirate again.

13. Princess Chocolate

Once there lived a princess called Chocolate with her parents in a castle. They were really happy for each other and all the people of the kingdom lived in harmony.

But the life changed for the family and the kingdom on her 15^th They organized a grand party for all their loved ones and a witch was really jealous of all these and kidnapped the princess. King went to a witch to save his daughter but all his efforts went in vain.

Finally, the king made an announcement inviting the prince of neighbor kingdoms to take up the challenge of saving his daughter. If anyone is brave enough to save her, he can marry the princess and become the next king.

One smart prince took up the challenge and attacked the witch and saved the princess wisely. They both got married shortly and the entire kingdom was happy again.

14. Princess and the Magical Ring

In the Kingdom of Norfolk, the princess and her father were walking through their palace’s garden when she found a ring. The king explained that it is a magical ring and it has five powers which can be used in need but only one power can be chosen.

The powers include making fire without flint, having sound sleep, growing crop of her choice, shower rains in the sky, and sing like an enchanted siren to bring prosperity to the kingdom.

Once a witch’s spell jinxed the kingdom and everything including the rain and crops were destroyed. The princess was saddened with the fate of her kingdom and soon she remembered about her magical powers.

She chose the fifth power of singing like an enchanted siren. She sang for all days and nights even without leaving a moment for food and sleep.

Even when the king and queen got worried and asked her to take a break, she was not ready for it. After months of singing, the prosperity came back to the kingdom and everything was normalized.

But the princess was ill by then and she passed away. The whole kingdom still remembers her sacrifices for the happiness they are enjoying today.

15. Princess Jasmine

Once there lived a beautiful princess Jasmine in the Kingdom of North and the king was ready to announce the marriage of his daughter.

However, she insisted that she want to marry her true love of her choice and not somebody which her father found for her.

She ran away from home one day in search of her soul mate. She met Aladdin on the way and she was impressed by his attitude and they soon became friends. But the mean minister used tricks to put Aladdin in jail. However, he found a magic lamp and carpet.

Minister again used tricks to take it away from him but he got it again with the help of a monkey. The genie in the lamp helped him to escape and made him a prince. Soon the princess Jasmine fell in love with him and got married shortly.

16. The Lonely Princess

Princess Isabella was the youngest of the daughters in the kingdom of Gloria. She had two beautiful sisters who always tease her of the way she dresses up and her childish character of playing with dolls.

Her sisters didn’t spend time with her and she felt all lonely but happy. She was in the company of her dolls. She named all of them and talked with them all along.

The king was worried about how lonely she was and tried to spend time with her. One day a handsome prince Geoffrey came to the kingdom and both sisters were eager to impress him.

The first sister started talking about her beauty and how she maintained it and soon the prince got bored. Then the second sister started talking about how she helps the king in the duties and the famous personalities in their kingdom and the prince got bored.

Next, he came to Isabella who was silent but welcomed him with a sweet smile. Her sisters teased her about her childish character and how she played with her dolls. But the prince laughed out loud and introduced Jane from his pocket which was his pet doll.

Geoffrey and Isabella soon identified their similar interests and she introduced him to her doll friends and they became good friends soon.

17. Everland Princess

Once there lived a princess who wished to marry her dream prince. she decides to secretly travel to Everland to meet the prince. A witch named Evelyn was looking to capture the kingdom and came to know about her secret travel.

The witch uses her power to switch places with the princess. The princess looks like a witch now and went to Everland to see that the witch in disguise was already with her man.

She tried to explain everything to a prince but he didn’t believe her. The prince was all set to marry the witch who looked like a princess.

Just before the day of the wedding, the prince saw the witch casting spells. He realized the truth and decided to send her to exile but witch used the power to bewitch him.

The princess was all sad seeing his destiny and cried deep heartedly when her tears fell on him. He woke up to realize her love for him and used all his power and wisdom to escape from the witch. The prince then married the princess and they lived happily thereafter.

18. The Princess Who Never Smiled

Once there lived a beautiful princess who never smiled. The king was really upset with her and tried all possible ways like clowns, jugglers, and performers but for no use.

A simple and honest man, Jack and his mother lived nearby the kingdom and the son used to work hard for a living.

The princess used to always spend some time looking out of the window during the evening when Jack comes back from work. The first day he got egg as the payment for his work and he carried it in his hands.

The eggs fell down and all were broken and the princess saw this but didn’t smile.

His mother advised to carry it in his hat next time to avoid falling down. Next day he got piglet as payment and he put that in his hat. It managed to escape from a hat and flew away and princess didn’t laugh seeing this.

His mother advised to tie it using a rope next time. He got a kit of fish this time and he tied it in a rope and cats ate it on the way and princess didn’t smile.

This time mother advised to carry it in the head. Next day he got a cow as payment and he tried hard to carry it. This time princess laughed out loud and loud.

The king was really happy and invited Jack to the kingdom. He asked him to marry his daughter so that she can laugh all day.

19. The Paper Bag Princess

Princess Elizabeth was rich with beautiful clothes, shoes, and all treasures. Everybody in the kingdom praised her beauty and kindness.

A handsome prince from another kingdom Charles got attracted to her treasures and proposed her. The princess got engaged to Charles soon and they were happy in the relationship.

One day a witch cast spells and burned the whole castle including the clothes and every treasure and the prince was tied up in another cave.

The princess was wise and used some left out papers as the dress and attacked the witch to save the prince.

The prince was angry with the way the princess got dressed and asked her to come well dressed. The princess was shocked with his attitude and realized that he loved her for treasure only. She called off the marriage.

20. Princess and the Magic Dragon

In the kingdom of Spain, the king and the queen deeply wished for a daughter. Even after months and years of flawless prayers, their wish was not fulfilled. The advisors came up with many ideas like having sweets, taking pills and so on but for no use.

One day the queen was weeping at the garden thinking about her fate. The gardener saw her and advised her to go to a cave where there is a dragon.

All that she wants to do is take a treasure for the dragon and draw the picture of what they wish on the cave wall and sleep one night. The queen went to the cave next day taking all treasure for the dragon and drew pictures of a baby and slept there.

Next day morning, the dragon appeared before her and gave her a baby. She was really happy and ran into tears. She thanked the dragon and came back to the kingdom to announce the good news. The whole kingdom was happy and the king gave a gold coin to the gardener as a token of love.

21. The Princess and the Magic Feather

Once upon a time, there lived a princess, Evelyn in a castle with her parents and sisters. She loved to play with dolls and have pillow fights with her sisters.

One day while they were having a pillow fight, parents got really angry. They took her two sisters to a different place and allowed to come back only after 1 month.

Princess was really sad that she had nobody to play with her. But a new neighbor and family came and they had a daughter called Jasmine.

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They became friends shortly and one day they were playing pillow fight. They saw a blue feather coming out of pillow which seemed to be a magic feather.

They took it near a withered flower and soon the flower rose to become a beautiful flower they have ever seen. They told the entire story when her sisters came back and they all become friends.

Conclusion

These are just a few of the randomly picked short princess stories for kids from a large repository of stories. There is no better way than stories to help kids, learn more about the morals and values they have to keep in life.

And that is one important reason why most schools have a library period session at least once in a week so that kids can have a good time reading their favorite stories.

Story reading is a better way to invoke their reading habits right from their early days. This can help them to improve their vocabulary and language as they move to higher classes.

11 Short Princess Bedtime Stories For Kids To Read

Take your kids onto an enchanting journey of stories with a beautiful princess story.

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We’ve seldom heard of little ones who don’t enjoy princess stories for kids. Children are in awe of sparkly gowns, unicorns, talking animals, and other imaginative characters in princess stories. Whether it features Princess Merida or the princess who slept on the pea, these stories are delightful to everyone, regardless of age.

Some are simple stories, while others may have several surprising twists that keep you holding your breath till the end. Some others subtly address real-life issues, such as the discrimination faced by women and particular classes of society.

If you are excited to introduce your child to some short princess stories, we have a curated list of some of the best princess stories to help you pick the right ones for your child.

1. The Princess And The Pea

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A prince is in the search of a princess to marry. But whenever he meets one, something goes wrong and he fails to find a suitable alliance. One evening, there is a thunderstorm and a young lady, who is fully drenched, knocks on the castle door. She seeks shelter in the prince’s castle.

The young lady claims to be a princess and requests the king and the queen to allow her to spend the night in the castle. As her appearance is distressed and worn out, nobody believes her.

Unwillingly, the queen allows the young lady to rest in their castle. But to test if the young lady is a real princess, the queen decides to place a pea under the mattress of the guest bed. The young lady is offered a bed, which is covered with 20 huge mattresses with a pea at the bottom.

Next morning, the queen asks their guest if she slept well. The young lady narrates how sleepless her night went as something very hard under the mattress kept her awake all night.

The prince is overjoyed as he has found a true princess. Only a real princess would experience such pain in spite of having 20 feather mattresses placed on top of the pea. The prince and the princess get married and live happily ever after.

2. The Princess And The Faithful Knight

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Long long ago, there lived a beautiful princess who was praised by everyone for her beauty. She was also a kind-hearted young girl and was raised to be a fair and a just ruler.

One bright sunny day, a prince arrives at her palace, meets her and eventually, they fell in love. One night, the prince takes the princess to a shady grassland at the edge of the woods. He says if the princess truly loves him, she must pick a rare flower called the scarlet rose for him. She tries hard to find the flower as she wants to prove her love for the prince. Finally, she finds the scarlet rose. But as soon as the princess touches the flower, she falls asleep.

The cunning prince steals all the jewelry and riches of the princess and leaves her alone in the deep woods. The king gets worried about his daughter and sends his army to find the princess. The soldiers return disappointed.

Many months later, the princess is found lying unconscious in the deep meadow. She is taken back to the castle. The advisors discover that the princess touched a scarlet rose, and cannot be woken up. Therefore, they suggest the king let the venom run its course.

The king declares that anyone who is desirous of marrying the princess must prove their faithfulness by waiting by her bedside until she awakens. Many suitors turn up hoping to marry the beautiful princess when she wakes up.

But time passes by and the weary men leave one after the other. But one hopeful knight truly waits beside the princesses for her to wake up.

One fine day, the princess wakes up and finds the knight kneeling. He narrates the entire story of her falling asleep. The princess is moved to tears and the king is overjoyed. The king announces the wedding and a grand celebration takes place in the kingdom.

3. Snow White

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Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess called Snow White. She was kind, gentle and had many friends who were animals. One fine day, Snow White meets a handsome, charming prince. They become friends and their bond grows.

The Queen, who is Snow White’s evil stepmother, discovers about their relationship and out of jealousy, orders a huntsman to kill Snow White. But the huntsman could not gather the courage to hurt Snow White and requests her to escape and run to a faraway land.

Snow White escapes into the woods. Exhausted and trembling in fear, she knocks at a cottage door. When nobody answers, she steps inside. She finds the cottage in a mess and very untidy and decides to clean it with the help of her friends from the forest.

As she explores the rest of the cottage, she finds seven tiny beds and assumes they are for little children. She curls up on the bed and falls asleep.

After a long day of work, seven dwarfs head back home to their cottage in the forest and find the beautiful girl sleeping on their bed. When Snow White wakes up, she is mesmerized by the Seven Dwarfs: Sneezy, Bashful, Happy, Grumpy, Dopey, Sleepy, and Doc.

Snow White narrates her painful story and the dwarfs decide to protect the beautiful princess from such an evil queen.

When the evil queen learns about Snow White, she is infuriated. She makes a magic potion and injects it into an apple. Next day when the dwarfs are off to work, the queen disguises herself as an old hag lady and offers an apple to Snow White.

When Snow White takes a bite of the poisoned apple, she falls asleep and a spell is a cast which can be broken only by true love. The dwarfs discover the evil act of the queen and with the help of all the animals, they trap her on the top of a cliff. She reaches the edge of the cliff when lightning strikes she loses her balance and falls into the valley and dies.

Eventually, Snow White’s Prince Charming finds her in the forest. He awakens Snow White with his first kiss, thus breaking the spell. Snow White and the Prince return to the kingdom and live happily ever after.

4. The Princess Who Never Smiled

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Long ago, there lived a princess who never smiled or laughed. One day, her father declares that whoever could make her daughter smile can marry her. Many try but fail.

Meanwhile, an honest laborer lived across the town. He worked sincerely for his master. At the end of the year, the master offered him a sack full of money and said he could take how much ever he desired.
As the man isn’t greedy and did not want to sin, he picks just one coin. He goes to drink water from a well and accidentally drops the coin into the well. The same happens in the second year too.

During the third year, the master places the sack and the laborer takes just one coin just like the previous years. This time when he goes to drink water, his coin does not fall. In fact, the other two coins from the past also float up to the surface.

He decides to see the world using these coins. But a mouse asks for help and the man gives him a coin. Similarly, a beetle and a catfish ask for help too and he gives away the remaining coins.

Wandering, he arrives at a castle and notices the princess looking at him. This astounds the young man and he falls in the mud. The catfish, the beetle, and the mouse come to help him. The princess laughs looking at them. Everyone around the princess get stunned to see her laughing.

She points at him and expresses an interest in him. He is brought into the castle and is transformed into a handsome man. The delighted king announces his daughter’s wedding to the honest man. They get married and live happily ever after.

5. Princess And The Magical Ring

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Long ago there was a princess who lived in the Norfolk kingdom. She finds a ring in her garden and asks her father about it. He tells the ring would give her five magical powers — the ability to sleep peacefully, to make fire without a flint, the ability to grow any crop, to make it rain without clouds, and lastly a power, which was also the most special, the ability to sing like an enchanted siren.

The princess enjoyed singing and loved her last power the most. She believed her voice will one day make a prince fall in love with her.

One day, a witch casts a spell on the kingdom that had adverse effects on everyone, except the princess. The witch plunders crops, rain, sunshine and everything from the kingdom.

The princess is disappointed to see her falling kingdom and decides to use her five powers to save her homeland and its people. An idea strikes her mind to sing day and night. Nothing could stop her from singing.

After almost an entire year of singing, the kingdom is set free from the deadly spell. But this results in the disintegration of the princess. She sacrifices her life for her people and the kingdom.

6. The Lonely Princess

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Long long ago, there lived three young princesses in the Kingdom of Glora. Of the three sisters, Isabelle was the youngest. She was a kind and warm person, friendly to everyone. The other two sisters, Rose, and Juliette, were very beautiful but cruel and heartless.

Isabelle always played with her dolls and did not pay attention to her appearance. Rose and Juliette would tease Isabelle and she felt lonely. King Paul loved Isabelle the most.

On a bright summer morning, King Paul tells his three daughters that a Prince named Geoffrey from the Kingdom of Meadowhill was on his way to the Kingdom of Glora in search of a bride. Rose, Juliette, and Isabelle get excited to meet Prince Geoffrey.

Prince Geoffrey speaks to Juliette first. He compliments Juliette on her hair but gets bored when she talks only about her hair and nothing else. Then Geoffrey starts talking to Rose, she tries to impress him by sharing the achievements of her father’s court and all the famous noblemen and knights. Prince Geoffrey soon grows bored and moves his attention to Isabelle.

When Prince Geoffrey looks at Isabelle, he tells her she is very beautiful. Isabelle turns red.

But Juliette retorts, “She’s not beautiful! She’s ugly!”
“Her hair! It’s so untidy!” Rose adds.
“It’s the eyes,” Prince Geoffrey says. “She is blessed with beautiful eyes.”
“But she plays with toys!” Juliette tells Geoffrey.

Rose and Juliette leave no stone unturned to embarrass Isabelle but the prince remains unrelenting.

“So what, even I play with dolls. I got one here too! Her name is Jane, and she is my oldest friend,” he says pulling out a small doll from his pocket.

“Would you like to meet my friends, Prince Geoffrey?” Isabelle asks.

“I would love to,” says Prince Geoffrey. They head to the garden and start playing with dolls, leaving Rose and Juliette behind.

Disney Princess Stories

7. Moana

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A young girl called Moana lived on a Polynesian island called Motunui. The inhabitants of Motunui worship the goddess Te Fiti, who brought life to the ocean. But one day, a shape-shifting demigod, called Maui, steals the heart of Te Fiti and gives humanity the power of creation.

Eventually, Maui is attacked by a volcanic demon called the Te Ka. During the fight, Maui loses his magical giant fish hook and the heart that was stolen from Te Fiti. A thousand years later, the Ocean chooses Moana to bring the heart back to Te Fiti.

Moana is an adventurous teenage girl and sets out on her pursuit. She has no fears about her journey as she is determined to save her people at Motunui. During her journey, Moana comes across Maui, who helps her in accomplishing her purpose.

Moana and Maui sail across the ocean together, fighting many obstacles on the way. They encounter various gigantic monsters and deal with impossible odds. En voyage Moana finds Te Fiti’s heart, helps Maui to find his fish hook and returns successfully to Motunui. This adventure also helps her in finding her identity, which was her long cherished dream.

8. Pocahontas

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There lived a princess called Pocahontas, who belonged to the Powhatan tribe in Tsenacommacah, North America. The free-spirited girl loved running and exploring her homeland and sometimes headed on adventures outside the boundaries.

Pocahontas had two dear friends, Meeko, who was a raccoon and Flit, a hummingbird. They often visited Grandmother Willow, a spiritual talking tree who spoke of dreams and various supernatural things.

One day, Grandmother Willow predicts and alerts Pocahontas about the Englishmen arriving at her native land. Capt. John Smith, his English sailors and soldiers arrive at Tsenacommacah to loot the riches of Pocahontas’ native land. Meanwhile, Chief Powhatan pledges his daughter’s alliance with the village’s greatest warrior Kocoum.

But Pocahontas wants to be free and does not want to marry Kocoum. Her life changes when the English ship lands near her village. One fine day, she meets Captain John Smith and in a couple of meetings, they develop a strong bond and fall in love with each other. Kocoum discovers their love and tries to kill John Smith. But Kocoum gets killed and John Smith is captured by the army of Chief Powhatan.

Pocahontas confesses her love for John Smith and begs for mercy. The execution of John Smith is revoked. He decides to go back to England and asks Pocahontas to come with her. But she says she wants to stay back with her people.

9. Ariel

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Deep in an ocean lived a sea princess Ariel, also known as the Little Mermaid. She had a dear friend called Flounder, a small fish. They loved exploring the sea beds and sometimes the seashores, but Ariel had a dream of living on the land as a Human. She was always in search of objects or treasures used by a human.

Her father, King Triton, who was the ruler of the sea, discovers about Ariel’s adventures and warns her to never visit the shore again. He assigns Sebastian, a crab, to keep a watch on Ariel.

But the stubborn Ariel continues to visit the shore. One night, a dreadful storm sweeps a ship across the sea and a young man, Eric, falls into the ocean. Ariel saves Eric and pulls him to the shore. Eric falls in love with her and it is later discovered that Eric is a human prince.

Ariel is desperate to meet Eric again and approaches Ursula, a sea witch for help. The sea witch casts a spell on Ariel, steals her voice and turns her into a human. Ariel is unaware of the hidden objective behind Ursula’s favor. Ariel is given three days time and by the sunset of the third day, if Eric does not kiss Ariel, she would become a slave of Ursula.

Eric and Ariel spend lovely time together. Ursula, disguised as a young pretty girl called Vanessa, casts a spell on Prince Eric and makes him fall in love with her. They decide to marry each other, leaving Ariel disheartened.

Ariel’s friends discover that Vanessa is Ursula and warns her about it. Sebastian goes to find Ariel’s father King Triton, while Ariel and Flounder hurry to catch Prince Eric’s cruise. Ariel stops the wedding and gets her voice back from the evil witch.

But as the sun goes down on the third day, Ariel and Eric could not kiss each other and she turns into a mermaid again. To save Ariel, King Triton gives the powers to Ursula and becomes her slave.

The prince fights and destroys Ursula by ripping her heart apart. Now King Triton regains his powers. Seeing their love, the King grants the wish of Ariel and she becomes a human. Prince Eric and Ariel get married and start living happily in a castle by the sea.

10. Brave

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Princess Merida is a beautiful daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor, who rule the kingdom of DunBroch in Scotland. She has three brothers, who are triplets. Queen Elinor tries to teach Merida to behave like other princesses but Merida is a free-spirited girl, who enjoys archery.

One night, while the family is having their supper, the queen announces that three men are visiting soon to compete for a matrimonial alliance with their daughter. Merida is angry and rebels against it. The following day when the suitors arrive they try to impress Merida with their skills at shooting and archery but all of them fail miserably.

Princess Merida marches into the field and leaves everyone in awe of her skills at archery. Queen Elinor is angry and scolds Merida for her act. But Merida fights with her mother, tears a tapestry of their family, leaves the castle and goes deep into the forest.
There, Merida discovers an old witch in a cottage. She asks the witch to change her mother’s mindset. The old witch gives a spell cake to Merida, which is to be fed to the queen.

Merida gives it to her mother, and when the queen takes a bite of the cake, she falls sick and turns into a bear. Merida’s brothers, who too take a bite from the cake, turn into bears.

Worried Merida tries to help her mother and she rushes to the old witch’s cottage. She does not find her but reads a message on the wall of the cottage, “Fate be changed, look inside, mend the bond torn by pride.”

Merida figures out the hidden meaning behind the message on the wall. She hops on to her horse, goes to the palace, and sews the tapestry that she tore.

She places the tapestry, which is now mended, on her mother and the three little brothers. “I want you back, Mum,” Merida cries. “I love you.”

Queen Elinor and her sons turn into humans again, King Fergus is happy to have his family back. The happy family returns to the castle and Merida is granted all the freedom she desires.

11. Mulan

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Centuries ago, there was a young girl named Mulan in ancient China. She lived with her parents and a dog whose name was Little Brother. Her father was once a great warrior but not anymore as he was injured in a war.

One day, terrible news comes that China’s enemy, the Huns, have invaded again. The emperor orders all the men in the country to fight. As her father could not fight, Mulan comes up with a plan. She offers a prayer to her ancestors, cuts off her hair with a sword and changes into her father’s warrior clothes.

While her parents are asleep, she takes along Mushu, a dragon, jumps on to Khan, her father’s horse, and goes to join the army, where everyone believes her to be a man. She meets Captain Li Shang at the training camp.

Mulan struggles at the training camp but impresses everyone by accomplishing the toughest task to retrieve an arrow from the highest pole.

Meanwhile, the Huns army surrounds the Chinese army. Mulan gets an idea and she uses Mushu’s fire to light a canon. This causes a huge avalanche and Huns get buried under the snow.

But when the snow starts racing, Khan and Mulan see that Shang is in danger and they pull him to safety. During the war, Mulan injures herself and a medic on duty discovers that she is a woman. The angry Shang leaves Mulan behind.

As Mulan sits disheartened, she hears Hun’s voices and realizes that they are alive and planning to attack the Chinese emperor. Mulan informs Shang about what she heard but he does not trust her.

When Shan Yu, the leader of the Huns, kidnaps the emperor, Mulan and Shang pair up to rescue the emperor. They defeat the Huns and free the emperor. Mulan is appreciated and praised for her bravery, by everyone including Captain Shang and her father.

Reading stories to children is a great way to acquaint them with real-life scenarios. Stories teleport children to a world full of exciting twists, turns, and surprises. Perhaps, that is why almost every child loves hearing or narrating stories. Fuel your child’s interest with these beautiful short princess stories for kids. These simple yet engaging stories will teach your child valuable life lessons while keeping them entertained. Read them during the day or at bedtime and give them a quick escape to a magical world of imagination.

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Harshita is a graduate in commerce and holds a PG Diploma in Patent and Copyrights Law from NALSAR University. She has also pursued CA and has more than three years of internship experience in auditing. Her love for travelling has taken her to various parts of the world, and writing the travelogues was what brought out her love for content writing.... more

A fairy tale about a princess, memory and love - a short bedtime story

In a certain kingdom there lived a king and he had a daughter, whom he loved very much and always spoiled. The princess grew up cheerful, kind, but she loved to do everything in her own way.

Once she wanted to see the capital of a neighboring state, but her father was against it. Then she secretly escaped from the palace and went there alone.

Her path ran through a large dark forest.

She was riding along the path when the robbers attacked her, they surrounded her, but then several horsemen appeared on the road, led by a handsome young man. They came to the aid of the princess and drove off the robbers.

The young man jumped off his horse and approached the princess. He confessed to her that he liked her at first sight and that he was the prince of this country. The young man invited her to stay a little in his castle. The princess gladly accepted his invitation.

For a whole week there were balls and carnivals in the castle. The princess really liked this country and she decided to accept the offer and marry the prince. She sent a letter to her father about it. After some time, she received an answer in which the king asked her to come and officially introduce the groom to him. Delighted, the lovers hurried to the palace, where the king was waiting for them.

When they arrived they were met by a very angry king, who had been very worried about his daughter all this time, he declared that he would never marry his daughter to a prince and ordered him to be seized and put out of the kingdom.

The princess burst into tears and promised to run away again. Then the king summoned the supreme magician, who cast a spell on the princess. She lost all memories of her meeting with the prince and healed as before.

The prince, having returned to his country, was very homesick for the princess. He wrote letters to her every day, but received no response. Completely desperate, he convened a council, at which it was decided to go to war against the kingdom in which the princess lived and thus force the king to give her to him as his wife.

On the appointed day, the troops of both kingdoms gathered. They lined up opposite each other, ready to attack at the first order. The king and prince rode out to meet each other. The prince began to beg the king to give him the princess, but the king was adamant, then the prince asked the king just for a minute to meet her. The king allowed him this because he knew that the princess had forgotten him.

The prince rode up to the princess, but she acted as if she was seeing him for the first time, then the prince kissed her in desperation. Immediately thunder rumbled, and the spell dissipated - the princess remembered everything.

Holding hands, they approached the king and both fell to their knees, but the king was still angry. He said that he would give permission for the wedding if the prince could defeat his army. Then the prince rose and made a speech to the troops of the king, he asked the soldiers to lower their weapons and surrender and promised that no one would die. The soldiers sympathized with the lovers, and lowered their weapons, admitting defeat.

The king was very angry, but he had no choice but to acknowledge the victory of the prince. The princess embraced her father in joy and asked, as a wedding gift, not to punish the soldiers who refused to fight. The king forgave everyone and gave his blessing for the wedding.

Author Selle Leram

Bedtime story about a beautiful princess and a talking cat.

We know what the princesses say, but what the cats say is something new. Cats usually meow. Of course, cats understand each other. We just don't understand them. But one cat ran into our fairy tale, which in some incredible way learned to speak like a human. Only he did not immediately discover his skill.

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