Sleeping Beauty.11/05/2020.

Long ago there lived a King and Queen who said every day, If only we had a child!"  But for a long time they had none. One day, as the Queen was bathing in a spring and dreaming of a child, a frog crept out of the water and said to her, Your wish shall be fulfilled.  Before a year has passed you shall bring a daughter into the world. And since frogs are such magical creatures, it was no surprise that before a year had passed the Queen had a baby girl.The child was so beautiful and sweet that the King could not contain himself for joy.  He prepared a great feast and invited all his friends, family and neighbors. He invited the fairies, too, in order that they might be kind and good to the child. There were thirteen of them in his kingdom, but as the King only had twelve golden plates for them to eat from, one of the fairies had to be left out. None of the guests was saddened by this as the thirteenth fairy was known to be cruel and spiteful. An amazing feast was held and when it came to an end, each of the fairies presented the child 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. After eleven of the fairies had presented their gifts, 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, Nay, your daughter shall not die, but instead shall 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 they did not want her to worry or be sad because she was a princess that why.The sleeping beauty was a very nice girl.