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Sleeping Beauty fairytale has roots in many different cultures and variations, but the most well-known version in Western culture was likely written by French author Charles Perrault in 1697, as part of his collection of fairy tales titled “Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités”. The story was later popularized in the Grimm Brothers’ collection of fairy tales in the early 19th century.

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY: A TALE OF ENCHANTMENT

Once upon a time, in a far-off kingdom, a royal couple gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. They named her Aurora and invited fairies from across the land to her christening. But one fairy, who had been overlooked, arrived and cursed the baby, declaring that on her sixteenth birthday, she would prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die. The king, desperate to save his daughter, begged the last fairy to help. She couldn’t undo the curse, but she could soften it, so instead of death, Aurora would fall into a deep sleep for one hundred years. This is the story of Aurora, the sleeping beauty, and the curse that would change her life forever.

NARRATOR

FROG

KING

QUEEN

AURORA

THIRTEENTH FAIRY

TWELFTH FAIRY

OLD WOMAN

PRINCE

OLD MAN

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NARRATOR: Once upon a time, there were a King and Queen who wanted to have a child.

KING AND QUEEN: Ah, if only we had a child!

NARRATOR: But they never had one.  One day the Queen was bathing, and a frog leaped out of the water onto the land and said to the Queen.

FROG: Your wish shall be fulfilled, before a year has gone by, you shall have a daughter.

NARRATOR: What the frog had said came true, and the Queen had a little girl who was very pretty.

KING: I am so happy with my precious daughter.  I want to give a great feast.

NARRATOR: There were thirteen fairies in his kingdom, but unfortunately he only had twelve golden plates for them to eat out of, so the thirteenth fairy was not invited. The feast was held with splendor, and the fairies presented their magic gifts to the baby – one gave virtue, another beauty, a third riches, and so on with everything in the world that one can wish for.  Suddenly the thirteenth came into the palace angry.

THIRTEENTH FAIRY: The King’s daughter shall on her fifteenth birthday prick herself with a spindle, and fall dead.  Ha, ha, ha, ha.

NARRATOR: And, without saying another word, she turned around and left the room. They were all shocked, but the twelfth fairy, whose good wish remained unspoken, came forward, and since she could not undo the evil spell, but only soften it, she said.

TWELFTH FAIRY: My Queen, it shall not be death, but a deep sleep of a hundred years, into which the Aurora shall fall.

KING: Listen to me all of you!  I order you to burn every spindle in the whole kingdom.  Nothing will happen to my little daughter.

NARRATOR: As years passed by, the gifts of the fairies were completely fulfilled on the young girl.  She was so beautiful, modest, good-natured, and wise, that everyone who saw her, loved her.  One day, when she was fifteen years old, the king and queen were not at home, and the girl was left in the palace alone. She visited every place of the palace, looked into rooms, and bedrooms, and at last, she came to an old tower.

AURORA: I have never been into that tower.  I will go up and see what`s up there.

NARRATOR: She climbed up the narrow winding staircase, and reached a little door.

AURORA: I wonder what`s inside that room.  I will take a look.

NARRATOR: A rusty key was in the lock, and when she turned it, the door sprang open, and there in a little room sat an old woman with a spindle, busily spinning her flax.

AURORA: Good day, old woman. What are you doing?

OLD WOMAN: Oh, come on in, little girl.  I am spinning.

AURORA: What is that thing that rattles around so merrily? I want to spin too.

OLD WOMAN: Come near, child, don`t be afraid.

NARRATOR: As soon as she touched the spindle, the magic spell was fulfilled, and she pricked her finger with it, she fell on the bed and went into a deep sleep. This sleep extended over the whole palace, including the king and the queen.  After many years, a prince from another country heard an old man talking about the castle.

PRINCE: Tell me, old man, is it true that a beautiful princess has been asleep for a hundred years in that castle?

OLD MAN: It is true, your Majesty.  Nobody can enter the castle.  Many king’s sons have died trying to get inside.

PRINCE: But, how can that be?

OLD MAN: There`s a thorny hedge that keeps them from entering.

PRINCE: And, do you know the name of the princess?

OLD MAN: Her name is Aurora.  The King and Queen and the whole court are also asleep.

PRINCE: I am not afraid of that thorny hedge. I will go and see the beautiful princess.

OLD MAN: I am warning you not to go.  It is dangerous, and probably you will not return alive.

PRINCE: You will see old man.  I will come back, and Princess Aurora will come with me.

NARRATOR: When the prince came near to the thorn hedge, it was nothing but large and beautiful flowers which let him pass unhurt, then they closed again behind him like a hedge.

PRINCE: The old man was right. Everybody is sleeping, even the horses, the pigeons, the cook, and the maid.  Who could be so evil to do this?

NARRATOR: When the Prince entered the great hall, he saw by the throne, the king and queen.

PRINCE: I must keep looking for the princess. Oh, I see a small door over there, maybe she`s there.

NARRATOR: He opened the door into the little room where Aurora was sleeping.

PRINCE: Oh, she`s as beautiful as everybody said.   I have to kiss her!

NARRATOR: But as soon as he kissed her, Aurora opened her eyes and awoke, and looked at him quite sweetly.

AURORA: Oh, what happened to me?  I can hardly remember…  who are you?

PRINCE: I am a Prince from a faraway country.  I am so happy that you woke up from a long sleep.

AURORA: The last thing I remember now, is that I was talking to an old woman, then I hurt my finger with a spindle.

PRINCE: You must forget about all of that.  Now you are fine and safe.

NARRATOR: Then the king and queen awoke, and the whole court, and looked at each other in great astonishment.  And everybody in the castle woke up, the horses and pigeons, the cook and the maid.

PRINCE: Oh, sweet princess, I love you.  Will you marry me?

AURORA: Yes, I will.

NARRATOR: Soon the marriage of the Prince and Aurora was celebrated with great splendor, and they lived happily to the end of their days.

The tale of Sleeping Beauty reminds us that love, courage, and kindness can overcome even the darkest of curses and that dreams can come true, no matter how impossible they may seem.

Moral.  This story emphasizes the power of love, loyalty, and the triumph of good over evil. The story also teaches us the importance of hope and perseverance in the face of adversity.

THE END

AUTHOR:  THE BROTHERS GRIMM

ADAPTED BY: K I D S I N C O

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