FairyTales 版 (精华区)
发信人: yiren (雪白的血♀血红的雪), 信区: FairyTales
标 题: Sleeping Beauty
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2002年05月18日19:31:49 星期六), 站内信件
A long time ago and far away there lived a King and a Queen .They were v
ery happy, for their first child, a girl, had been born.
" We must have a grand christening for her," said the King , who was del
ighted to have a daughter.
"We must invite all the fairies of the kingdom to bless her," said the Q
ueen.
"How many are there now ?" asked the King.
"Twelve or thirteen," said his wife. "Send the invitations . We'll soon
find out ."
There were twelve fairies, and they were all sent invitations. A thirtee
n fairy had not been heard of for so long that it was presumed that she was
dead. No invitation was sent. The day of the christening was sunny and brigh
t. The Princes was named Briar Rose, and the fairies began to give their gif
ts.
"She shall be beautiful, "said the first.
"She shall be wise ,"said the second.
"She shall be good,"said the third.
"She shall be kind ," said the fourth.
The gifts continued in this way, wishing all that was good for Briar Ros
e. Eleven of the twelve fairies had given their gifts when the room suddenly
went dark. After a great flash of light a small dark figure stood in front
of the King and Queen.
It was the thirteenth fairy.
"why wasn't I invited to the christening?" she screamed.
She was furious at being left out.
"All the fairies of the kingdom have given their blessings. Well, here's
mine for the Princess. On her sixteenth birthday she will prick her finger
on a spinning wheel and die."
Another flash of light and the fairy was gone.
"But we thought she was dead," said the King. "What can we do ?"
The Queen was in tears.
The twelfth fairy stepped forward.
There is still my gift for Briar Rose," she said. "The fairy's curse can
not be undone, but I can change it a little. She will fall into a deep sleep
that will last one hundred years," There was a great hubbub in the hall as
everyone discussed the events.
The following day the King issued a proclamation, ordering that all spin
ning wheels and spindles were to be destroyed. Throughout the land there wer
e great fires as the spinning wheels were burned.
Over the years, the Princess grew into a lovely girl. All who met her we
re enchanted by her.
Eventually, the bad fairy's wish was forgotten. All spinning wheels and
spindles had been destroyed ,so there was no reminder. And the fairy was not
heard of again.
And so, on Briar Rose's sixteenth birthday, the King and Queen were due
to arrive back from a far away visit. There was to be a large birthday party
for the Princess.
Briar Rose was wandering around the palace. Everyone was preparing for t
he party, so she could please herself where she went. As had never set foot
in, she foot in, she decided to go exploring.
"I wonder what is in the great South Tower," she said. All the servants
and courtiers wished her a happy birthday as she made her way across the pal
ace.
That part of the palace was very old, and there were very few people the
re. The base of the tower was in a corridor. The entrance was a small, very
solid looking door. The key was on the outside.
"It's very stiff ,"said the Princess, as she turned the key. "There! It'
s open!"
Stairs led up the tower in front of her .She began to climb them.
Meanwhile, her parents had arrived back at the palace.
"Has anyone seen the Princess?" asked the King.
"Today is her sixteenth birthday-the day when the curse may fall. Somebo
dy must know where she is."
Nearly everyone had seen her, but nobody knew where she had been going.
"She must be found," said the Queen. "If the prophecy is to come true, t
oday is the day."
A search of the palace and the grounds began.
Meanwhile, the Princess had reached the top of the tower where there was
another door . This time there was no key and the door was slightly open.
"There must be a wonderful view of the rest of the palace and grounds fr
om the window, "said the Princess . Then she heard a strange whirring sound.
It was unlike anything that she had ever heard before.
She pushed the door open and went into the room. There, in the middle, s
at an old woman working at a spinning wheel. Behind her was an enormous bed.
The wheel was making the noise.
"What are you doing?" asked Briar Rose. "I have never seen one of those
before, what is it?"
"It is a spinning wheel, "said the old women, "Would you like to try it
my dear?"
"Oh. may I?" asked Briar Rose.
She sat on the stool in front of the wheel and the wheel whirred round.
As soon as she touched the spindle she pricked her finger. She fell to the f
loor in a deep sleep. The old woman, who was really the thirteenth fairy in
disguise, picked her up and laid her on the bed.
At that moment, all over the place, people began to asleep. The cooks wh
o were preparing for the party fell asleep over the stirring and tasting. Th
e scullery maids fell asleep over the washing up. The laundry maid fell asle
ep while they dusted, polished and prepared for the party.
The King and Queen, the courtiers and the guests fell asleep in the Grea
t Hall. The guards fell asleep at their posts. The search parties looking fo
r the Princess fell asleep while they searched- in the gardens, in the corri
dors, in the spare rooms, and some in the oldest part of the palace.
Even the flies fell asleep on the stable walls. The birds and the butter
flies fell asleep in the palace the palace vegetable gardens. The gardeners
and their helpers, who were busy chasing off the rabbit, fell asleep in mid-
chase.
In the hearths the fires died down and the meat stopped cooking. The kit
chen maid stopped plucking the chicken.
The entire palace fell asleep, along with the Princess.
A hedge of briar roses sprang up around the palace, protecting it from t
he outside world.
Years passed, and from time to time a King's son would come to the famou
s briar hedge to try and find the mysterious sleeping Princess that the lege
nd spoke of. But none got through. The hedge was too strong and the Princes
were cut to bits.
A hundred years passed and the tale of the Sleeping Beauty, as the Princ
ess was known, become a great legend. Very few people believed she existed.
One day a King's son came to the nearby village.
"Legend says," an old man was speaking in the village square. "Legend sa
ys that the Princess lies asleep behind that great briar hedge just outside
the village In my grandfather's day, you could see the topmost turret of her
tower, so they say."
The Prince stopped to listen. "Where can I find this hedge ?"he asked.
"Just beyond the village, young sir, "said the old man. "If you're going
to try, you'll need more luck than the other young men who have had a go."
"I shall try," said the Prince. "We have heard of Sleeping Beauty in my
kingdom."
The Prince went to the hedge and held up his sword. He went to strike at
the hedge, but where his sword met the thorns, great roses bloomed instead.
A path opened for him, for the one hundred years were up. The curse was lif
ting.
The hedge seemed to disappear before him.
He went through into the palace grounds, walking past the sleeping rabbi
ts, birds and butterflies, and the gardeners at their work. The kitchens wer
e full of cooks and maids who hadn't moved for a hundred years -- They were
all fast asleep. Even the King and Queen who were seated at the table in the
Great Hall were sleeping soundly!
The Prince walked on through the palace, making his way to the tallest t
ower where he climbed the stairs and entered the tower room.
There on the bed he saw Briar Rose fast asleep.
"She is so lovely," he said, He had fallen completely in love with her.
"How can I wake her?"
He leant over and gently kissed her.
Briar Rose's eyelids flickered and she woke up. The first person she saw
was the Prince and she fell in love with him.
Together they walked down to the Great Hall. The King and Queen were jus
t waking up, when the Prince and Briar Rose entered.
The cooks in the kitchen woke up to carry on preparing the food and the
chambermaids carried on with their work.
The party was still to be held, but it was an engagement party instead o
f a birthday party. The Prince and Briar Rose were to be married.
The hedge disappeared and the village saw the palace again and realised
the legend had been true.
The bad fairy was never heard of again.
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当你眼泪忍不住要流出来的时候,
如果能够倒立起来,
这样原本要流出来的眼泪,
就流不出来了,
你学会了吗
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