There once was a king who had been married for many years and had no children. The king and queen prayed to God every day and begged God to give them a child. One time, when the queen was taking a bath, a frog crawled out of the water and said to her: "Quack, your wish will come true, and you will have a girl soon." ”Sure enough, the queen became pregnant soon after and gave birth to a very beautiful girl nine months later. The king was so happy that he decided to hold a grand banquet to celebrate. He invited relatives and friends, and also invited prophetesses. There were thirteen prophetesses in the country, but there were only twelve golden plates for them to eat at the banquet, so one of them was not invited and stayed at home.
The atmosphere at the luxurious banquet was very warm. At the end, the twelve prophetesses who attended the banquet gave their best wishes to the child. Some wished her "morality" and some wished her good luck. Some people wish her "beauty" and "wealth". When the eleventh one had just finished her speech, the prophetess who was not invited came in and said angrily: "When I was fifteen years old, my princess was pricked on her finger by a spindle. The earth dies, this is my message. ”After saying that, he turned around and left. Everyone was shocked. At this time, the twelfth prophetess who had not yet said her blessing came forward. Although she could not cancel the evil spell, she could soften it. She said: "I I wish the princess would not die when she falls, but sleep soundly for a hundred years. ”
In order to save his beloved daughter from misfortune, the king ordered that all the spindles in the country be burned. The princess gradually grew up, just as the prophetesses hoped, beautiful, intelligent, and gentle. When she was about to turn fifteen, one day the king and queen went out on business, and the little princess stayed alone in the palace. She wandered around, trying to see the rooms. Finally she came to an ancient bell tower, as if there was a mysterious force attracting her, making her want to go up and have a look. She walked up the narrow stairs and came to a small door. She touched it lightly, and the door opened. There was an old woman sitting inside, holding a spindle in her hand and spinning thread. The princess said: "Hello, old mother, what are you doing?" The old woman said: "I am spinning." "Look, its quite interesting. Are you willing to try it?" The little princess didn't expect any danger at all, so she reached out and took the spindle. So the spell came true, and the spindle pricked the princesss finger, and she immediately fell down on a bed and fell asleep.
The moment the princess fell, the sleeping sickness infected the entire palace. All people and animals stopped moving and fell into a deep sleep. The king and queen came back from outside and fell asleep as soon as they entered the hall. everythingEverything was still, not even the leaves on the trees in front of the palace moved.
Soon, a fence of rose trees grew around the palace. The fence grew taller and taller, and finally the entire palace was completely covered. It was not visible at all from the outside, but about sleeping. The legend of beauty has been circulating in the country. Princes from other countries often came and wanted to go to the palace through the rose fence. But the vines of the rose tree were like human hands, entangled so tightly that it was impossible to get through. Those princes were entangled in the rose vines and could no longer escape, and finally died miserably. Gradually, everyone no longer takes risks.
A hundred years have passed. On this day, another prince came to this country. He heard the story of Sleeping Beauty and wanted to see her immediately. The people advised him not to go, telling him that many princes had been entangled in rose hedges and died. But the prince was not afraid and insisted on taking the risk.
The prince approached the rose fence and saw that the fence was full of big and beautiful flowers. The flowers automatically separated in front of him, leaving a way. The prince walked in, and the fence automatically opened again. Closed. The prince entered the courtyard of the palace and saw horses and hunting dogs lying on the ground sleeping, and a pigeon squatting on the ridge of the roof, sleeping soundly with its head hidden under its wings. When I walked into the house, I saw flies motionless on the wall. In the kitchen, the chef stretched out his hand to catch a child who had done something wrong, and fell asleep like this. The maid sat in front of a black hen, pulling its feathers in her hand. She had been sleeping in this position for a hundred years. The prince walked into the hall and saw the king and queen sleeping soundly on the throne, and other people lying around on the floor. It was quiet all around, except for the echo of his footsteps. At last the prince came to the bell tower. He went up the stairs, opened the little door, and saw the princess lying on a bed inside. She was still so beautiful and touching. The prince looked at her intently, couldn't help but stepped forward and kissed her gently. Suddenly, the princess opened her eyes, saw the prince, and sat up shyly. The prince took her hand and walked out of the hut. At this time, the king and queen woke up, and everyone in the palace woke up. Everyone looked at each other with their eyes wide open, not knowing that they had been sleeping for a hundred years. The horses in the yard stood up, kicking their hooves, and the hunting dogs barked and ran around; the pigeons on the roof spread their wings, fluttered and flew into the blue sky; the flies on the wall crawled back and forth, looking for delicious food; The chef grabbed the child and beat him until he screamed; the maid continued to pluck the chicken feathers. Everything became lively and lively again. The prince and princess held a wedding and lived happily together.
