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Detailed explanation-1: -Bittersweet Ending: The Wolf manages to restore the Prince’s sight at the cost of her losing her human form, her memories of the Prince, and incidentally, she doesn’t get her old singing voice back in spite of that.

Detailed explanation-2: -The bird told the princess to wash her hair in rose water, and all would be well again. The princess washed her hair with rose water, and people of the kingdom slept well.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The moral of the short story of The Princess and The Pea is “never judge a person by their momentary appearance”. The Prince searched far and wide and met many fair maidens who claimed to be a real princess, but none of them were!