SLEEPING BEAUTY
Long time ago there lived a king and Queen who held a great feast to celebrate the birth of their baby daughter, Briar Rose. Invitations were sent to all the fairies to bless the princess except to one as it was presumed that she was dead. Each of them came to the king's feast bringing special gifts for the little princes. The fairies began to give their gifts. "She shall be beautiful, "said the first".”She shall be wise "said the second". "She shall be kind, "said the third". Only one fairy was left to give the gift when suddenly the room went dark. Then after a great flash of light the same the fairy who was left out, came in view.
She
was furious as no one had invited her at the feast. Then she said, “well heroes
my blessing that on her sixteenth birthday she will put her finger on a
spinning wheel and die." Another flash of light came and the fairy was
gone. Then another fairy who was there stepped forward. “My gift for the
princess in still left." "My gift to her is life! When the spindle
pricks her finger she will not die but will fall into a deep sleep. That will
last for a hundred years. Only a kiss from her true love will wake her.
The
following day the king issued a proclamation, ordering that all spinning wheels
and spindles be destroyed. Over the years the princess grew into a lovely girl.
On the sixteenth birthday everyone was preparing for the Party. The princess
decided to go exploring the palace. "I wonder what is in the great south
tower," she said and made her way to it.
She
saw a small door with a key on it. She turned the key and the door opened. Then
she saw some stairs and started climbing up. Meanwhile the king and Queen
started looking for the princes. Everyone had seen her but nobody knew where
she had been going. The princess had reached the top of the tower, where she
saw another door that was slightly open. Then she heard a strange whirring
sound, which she had never heard before. She went into the room and saw an old
woman working at a spinning label. When Princess touched wheels spinning, her
finger pricked by the spindle.
And,
in the very moment when she felt the prick, she fell down upon the bed that
stood there, and lay in a deep sleep. And this sleep extended over the whole
palace, the king and queen who had just come home, and had entered the great
hall, began to go to sleep, and the whole of the court with them. The horses,
too, went to sleep in the stable, the dogs in the yard, the pigeons upon the
roof, the flies on the wall, even the fire that was flaming on the hearth
became quiet and slept. The princess was now known as sleeping beauty. Year
passed…. A king's son would come to the famous Brior hedge to find out the
mystery of the sleeping beauty.
Round
about the castle there began to grow a hedge of thorns, which every year became
higher, and at last grew close up round the castle and all over it. So that
from time to time kings' sons came and tried to get through the thorny hedge
into the castle.
He
went on farther, and in the great hall he saw the whole of the court lying a
sleep, Then he went on still farther, and all was so quiet that a breath could
be heard, and at last he came to the tower, and opened the door into the little
room where Briar Rose was sleeping. There she lay, then he stooped down and
gave her a kiss. But as soon as he kissed her, Briar Rose opened her eyes and
awoke, and looked at him quite sweetly.
And
then the marriage of the king's son with Briar Rose was celebrated with all
splendor, and they lived contented to the end of their days.
THE END
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