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Sleeping Beauty – A Fairytale Sleeping Beauty Once upon a time there lived a king and queen who for many years were very sad because they had no child. At last a little daughter was born to them, and the king was so happy that he planned a great feast in the palace, to which he would invite all of his friends and relatives.
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Read the classic fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty in PDF format. The princess pricks her finger with a spindle and falls into a deep sleep for a hundred years, until a prince awakens her with a kiss.
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Download or read online the classic fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty (Little Briar Rose) by the Brothers Grimm. The story tells of a princess who pricks her finger with a spindle and falls into a deep sleep for a hundred years, and the prince who awakens her with a kiss.
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Every day the King would look at the Queen and say:"Ah, if we only had a little child," and the Queen wouldlook at the King and sigh, and they were both very miserableabout it. Then they would put on their golden crownsand sit side by side on their thrones, while lords and ladiesand ambassadors from other lands came to pay them homage,and they had ...
Now what joy there was in the hearts of everybody inthe palace! The King was so excited that he went intocouncil in his dressing-gown instead of his royal robe, andhe did not care a bit when his courtiers smiled. Therewas coming and going in all the halls and corridors.Couriers on swift horses were sent out to bear the gladnews to the most distant ...
Below the dais were six long tables for the guests, andthere was only just room between the tables for the servantsto pass, so you may judge how crowded the room was.Such a glittering of silks, such a flashing of jewels, such adazzle and splendour had never been seen since the timeof the King's coronation, and all the guests were laughingand talkin...
So the sleeping child was brought and placed in hermother's arms. How tenderly she clasped the baby to herbreast, bending over it as though to shield it from all harm.So sweet a sight should have touched the hardest heart,and indeed there was only one person in the room whoremained unmoved, and that was the spiteful and jealousfairy, who looked up ...
The first thing he did was to summon all the magiciansof his own and neighbouring countries, promising a richreward to the one who could show him a way to defeat theold fairy's malice. The magicians came in scores, somewith long beards reaching to their feet, some without anybeards at all, some with bald heads, and some with mattedhair that looked ...
The issue of this proclamation caused a great deal ofinterest and excitement throughout the kingdom. All thepeople came out of their houses to gaze at it, for they hadnever seen its like before, and though very few of themknew how to read they realised that it must mean somethingvery important. So they sent for clerks and scholarsto read it to them...
By these devices the King felt certain that he hadaverted the fate laid upon his daughter. But the promises of the other wise women were fulfilledto the letter, for the young Princess grew up to be themost beautiful, gifted and gracious maiden in all the world.That, at any rate, was what everybody in the palace said,from the lords and ladies down t...
Whirr! There was a beating of wings, a flurry and ascuffle, and past her face flew a dark shape, with gleaming,yellow eyes. It was only an owl who was hiding in thetower out of the sunlight, but he gave poor Briar-Rose agreat fright, and she was in two minds whether to turnback or not, but the winding staircase looked very invitingand she wanted to...
Everybody told him a different tale. One said that itwas an old castle haunted by spirits; another, that it was ameeting-place for all the witches and sorcerers in the land,who gathered there to practise their secret rites. "No, no," said a third. "That castle is the home of agiant, and all the people in these parts are very much afraidof him, so I...
Not a sound broke the deep and awful silence. Nobird sang, no insect droned; there was no scurry of woodlandcreatures among the leaves, no sigh of wind in thetrees. In all that place only the thorn hedge seemedthreateningly alive, waiting to destroy the intruder whoshould attempt to force the secret it guarded. Who would blame the Prince if for a m...
A fairy tale retold by C. S. Evans, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Read the story of the King and Queen who longed for a child, the prophecy of the frog, and the princess who slept for a hundred years.
A sleeping King and Court lay hid, and sleeping Princess fair. Through the thick wood, that gave him way, and past the thorns that drew Their sharpest points another way, the King's son presses through. He reached the guard, the court, the hall, and there, where'er he stept. He saw the sentinels, and grooms, and courtiers as they slept.
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Nov 17, 2007 · The Sleeping Beauty Bluebeard The Baby's Own Alaphabet Credits: E-text prepared by Janet Blenkinship and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ...
