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SLEEPING BEAUTY

by Storyteller

Long ago there lived a King and Queen who wished 

for a child.   One day when the Queen was wishing 

upon a star near a pond.   She wished that she would 

have a beautiful little girl to call her own.  

    Suddenly, a frog jumped out of the pond and said, 

“I will grant you your wish.”   The Queen reared back, 

afraid of the little creature who spoke to her.   The frog 

laughed, “Don’t look at me like I’m crazy, lady.   I just 

told you you’ll get your wish.   Relax.”   The Queen 

wondered how a frog from the pond could possibly 

give her a little girl.   He said, “Trust me, before a year 

has passed you’ll have your daughter.”

    As the year started to tick away, the Queen worried 

that she had imagined the silly frog.   But one day she 

woke to find she actually was given the gift of life… 

the gift of her beautiful baby girl… Aurora.

    The child was so beautiful and sweet that the King 

would sing sweet songs to her every day.   He even 

prepared a great feast and invited all his friends, 

family and neighbors.   He invited the fairies, too, so 

they would love his little girl with all their hearts. 

There were thirteen fairies in his kingdom, but the 

King only had twelve golden plates, so one of the 

fairies had to be left out.   None of the guests cared 

because the thirteenth fairy was known to be cruel 

and spiteful.

At the end of the feast, each of the fairies presented 

Princess Aurora with a magic gift.   One fairy gave her 

virtue, another beauty, a third riches and so on -- 

with everything in the world that anyone could wish 

for.   When the twelfth fairy was ready to present her 

gift, the thirteenth suddenly appeared.   She was 

angry and wanted to show her spite for not having 

been invited to the feast.   Without hesitation she 

called out in a loud voice, “When she is fifteen years 

old, the Princess shall prick herself with a spindle and 

shall fall down dead!"   Then without another word, 

she turned and left the hall.

The guests were horrified and the Queen fell to the 

floor sobbing, but the twelfth fairy, whose wish was 

still not spoken, quietly stepped forward.   Her magic 

could not remove the curse, but she could soften it so 

she said, "Dearest King and Queen, your daughter 

won’t die, but instead she will fall into a deep sleep 

that will last one hundred years."

Over the years, the promises of the fairies came true 

-- one by one.   The Princess grew to be beautiful, 

modest, kind and clever.   Everyone who saw her could 

not help but love her.

The King and Queen were determined to prevent the 

curse placed on the Princess by the spiteful fairy and 

sent out a command that all the spindles in the whole 

kingdom should be destroyed.   No one in the kingdom 

was allowed to tell the Princess of the curse that had 

been placed upon her for they did not want her to 

worry or be sad.

On the morning of her fifteenth birthday, the Princess 

awoke early -- excited to be another year older.   She 

was up so early in the morning, that she realized 

everyone else still slept.   The Princess roamed 

through the halls trying to keep herself occupied until 

the rest of the castle awoke.   She wandered, looking 

through rooms and halls as she pleased and at last 

she came to an old tower.   She climbed the narrow, 

winding staircase and reached a little door.   A rusty 

key was sticking in the lock and when she turned it, 

the door flew open.

In a little room sat an old woman with a spindle, 

busily spinning her flax.   The old woman was so deaf 

that she had never heard the King's command that all 

spindles should be destroyed.

"Good morning," said the Princess, "what are you 

doing?"

"I am spinning," said the old woman.

"What is the thing that whirls round so merrily?" 

asked the Princess and she took the spindle and tried 

to spin too.

But Princess Aurora had barely touched the spindle 

when it pricked her finger.   At that moment she fell 

upon the bed, which was standing near, and lay still in 

a deep sleep.

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