Charles Perrault

Bed Time Story : Sleeping Beauty

Many years ago in a faraway kingdom, a queen gave birth to a beautiful girl.
For the feast of the baptism, the kings invited all the fairies of the kingdom, but unfortunately forgot to invite the most evil.

Although it was not invited, the Banshee was presented to the castle, and passed in front of the cradle of the little, put a curse saying: “When I was sixteen pierced with a spindle and die.” At that, a good fairy who was nearby, gave a charm to mitigate the terrible sentence: “When stuck, instead of dying, the girl will be asleep for a hundred years and only the kiss of a good prince will awaken.” Read the rest of this entry »