Once upon a time, there was a king and a queen who lived in a castle on the top of a mountain in the city of Elche. They wished to have children and the whole town was looking forward to it.

However, they were unable to do so until one day their luck changed and the queen became pregnant. For nine months, her belly grew almost as fast as her joy. 

The queen gave birth in a palace and as this happened just as sunrise was breaking, the child was given the name Aurora. The kings were so happy that they decided to hold a great banquet to share the happiness of Aurora's arrival with the rest of the people. Each of the guests arrived with a gift for the little girl. Including the three fairies of the village who gave them the most special gifts. 

- Hello Aurora, I am Curie. Everyone expects me to give you the gift of sweetness, but I have lived so long that I can assure you it is a waste, so what I will give you is the gift of intelligence. Right now you won't understand it very well, but tomorrow it will prevent you from being easily tricked, it will make you learn faster, and knowledge will set you free. 

There was a whisper in the room. - Intelligence for sweetness...?

- Hello little one, my name is Kahlo and I am going to grant you the second of your gifts. I could grant you beauty but it would be completely ludicrous and also a slavery, because focusing your life on your physical appearance will only give you self-esteem problems. So, I see it much more logical to grant you the gift of bravery. With it, you will be able to face everything with valor and courage. You won't be afraid to make your own way.

Everyone in the room was confused. - A princess who is not beautiful?

Welcome to the world, my name is Beauvoir and I was supposed to give you the virtue of having an angelic voice... But what good is that going to do you? I think that your own voice will already be beautiful because it will be the one that represents you. For many years women have been silenced in society, and that must not continue. You must always raise your voice and demand your rights and values. For this, I will grant you the most important gift: the ability to decide.

The king looked at the queen blankly, but she smiled to herself: her daughter would have everything she had been denied.

However, the happiness was brief, a hurricane wind burst into the room and a fourth fairy appeared, without anyone expecting it.

Hello little Aurora, I am the banished fairy. I have not received an invitation to this great feast but... how could I miss it? Because of the king I have had to stay away from the kingdom and live far from my home. That is why I will grant you a fourth gift, the gift of rest. On your eighteenth birthday you will prick your finger with the needle of a spinning wheel and fall into a sleep so deep that it will last... a hundred years!

A terrible fear invaded the kings, who ordered all the spinning wheels in the kingdom to be destroyed. In addition, they sent their little baby to live in a remote part of the forest, far from the kingdom and hidden from any danger until she was 18 years old. Curie, Kahlo and Beauvoir would be in charge of protecting and keeping her true identity until the curse passed.

Aurora grew up happily, although as time went by she had more and more questions about her parents. The fairies answered her with ludicrous stories that she, with her gift of intelligence, never believed.