Author: Charles Perrault Length: 00:23:33 # of tracks: 1 Narrator: Katie Haigh Production Year: 2015 Explicit language: none Unabridged |
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“The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood” (French: La Belle au bois dormant, “Sleeping Beauty”) is a classic fairy tale written by Charles Perrault, which involves a beautiful princess, a sleeping enchantment, and a handsome prince. Once upon a time, when the Queen gave birth to a baby princess, Angels came down and gave the infant blessings. However one evil Angel set a curse that would make the princess prick her finger on a spindle of a spinning wheel and die. Another Angel set a magic on the princess that she would sleep, instead of dying, for a hundred years until a prince comes and awakes her from her sleep. At the age of 16, the princess gets her finger pricked by the sprindle, and falls asleep. After 100 years, a prince hears about a beautiful princess sleeping in the castle….