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    The document summarizes the Grimm's fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty". A king and queen longed for a child, and one day a frog told the queen she would soon have a daughter. At a celebration for the princess, 13 fairies gave her gifts but the 13th fairy cursed her to prick her finger on a spindle and die at age 15. The 12th fairy softened the curse to a deep sleep for 100 years. On her 15th birthday, the princess found a spindle and pricked her finger, falling into a deep sleep along with the entire kingdom. 100 years later, a prince found the sleeping princess and woke her with a kiss, breaking the curse. They later married and lived happily

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    The document summarizes the Grimm's fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty". A king and queen longed for a child, and one day a frog told the queen she would soon have a daughter. At a celebration for the princess, 13 fairies gave her gifts but the 13th fairy cursed her to prick her finger on a spindle and die at age 15. The 12th fairy softened the curse to a deep sleep for 100 years. On her 15th birthday, the princess found a spindle and pricked her finger, falling into a deep sleep along with the entire kingdom. 100 years later, a prince found the sleeping princess and woke her with a kiss, breaking the curse. They later married and lived happily

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    The document summarizes the Grimm's fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty". A king and queen longed for a child, and one day a frog told the queen she would soon have a daughter. At a celebration for the princess, 13 fairies gave her gifts but the 13th fairy cursed her to prick her finger on a spindle and die at age 15. The 12th fairy softened the curse to a deep sleep for 100 years. On her 15th birthday, the princess found a spindle and pricked her finger, falling into a deep sleep along with the entire kingdom. 100 years later, a prince found the sleeping princess and woke her with a kiss, breaking the curse. They later married and lived happily

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    Sleeping Beauty

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    The document summarizes the Grimm's fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty". A king and queen longed for a child, and one day a frog told the queen she would soon have a daughter. At a celebration for the princess, 13 fairies gave her gifts but the 13th fairy cursed her to prick her finger on a spindle and die at age 15. The 12th fairy softened the curse to a deep sleep for 100 years. On her 15th birthday, the princess found a spindle and pricked her finger, falling into a deep sleep along with the entire kingdom. 100 years later, a prince found the sleeping princess and woke her with a kiss, breaking the curse. They later married and lived happily

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    Sleeping

    Beauty
    Grimm's Fairy Tale
    version - translated by
    Margaret Hunt -
    language modernized a
    bit by Leanne Guenther

    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, a frog
    crept out of the water
    and said to her, "
    before a year has
    passed you shall
    bring a daughter into
    the world."
      

    And since frogs are such magical creatures. before a year had passed the Queen
    had a baby girl.  The child was so beautiful and sweet. The king,was prepared a
    great feast and invited all his friends, family, neighbours and fairies, too. 

    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.
    After 11 of the fairies had presented their gifts, the13 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 , she turned and left the hall.

    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.

    The King and Queen were determined a command that all the spindles in the whole
    kingdom should be destroyed. 

    On the morning of her fifteenth birthday, the Princess awoke early -- excited to be
    another year older. 

    she realized everyone else still slept.  She wandered about the whole place, looking
    at rooms and at last she came to an old tower.  She climbed the narrow, winding
    staircase and reached a little door.  In a little room sat an old woman with a
    spindle, busily spinning her flax. 

    "Good morning, Granny," 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 she had scarcely 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.

    The King, Queen,servants, horses ,dogs , and everyone had all started their
    morning routines  fell asleep too. 
    Round the castle a hedge of brier roses began to grow up, until at last nothing
    could be seen of the sleeping castle.

    From time to time Princes came and tried to force their way through the hedge and
    into the castle. 

    Now the hundred years were just ended. Prince came again to the castle.When the
    Prince approached the brier hedge it was covered with beautiful large roses.  The
    Prince went on farther.  All was so still that he could hear his own breathing.  At
    last he reached the tower and opened the door into the little room where the
    Princess was asleep. He bent down and gave her a kiss.  As he touched her,
    Sleeping Beauty opened her eyes.

    Throughout the castle, everyone woke up. Within the month, the Prince and
    Sleeping Beauty were married and lived happily all their lives.   

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