The Wizard’s Fairy Tale

Grimm's Fairy Tales—Princess Rose

Once upon a time, there was a king and queen who had never had children, and they were very sad and distressed about it. One day, the queen was walking by the river when a small fish came up to face her and said, "Your wish will come true, and you will have a daughter soon." The prophecy came true, and the queen gave birth to a very beautiful daughter. The king was so happy that he could not put it down all the time, and decided to hold a large banquet. He invited not only his relatives, friends, and foreign guests, but almost all the witches, and asked them to send good wishes for his daughter. There were thirteen witches in his kingdom, and he had only twelve golden plates to entertain them, so he only invited twelve witches, leaving one uninvited.

After the grand banquet, all the guests gave the little princess the best gifts. One of the witches gave her virtue, another beauty, another riches, and they gave her all that the world could hope for, all the goodness and hope in the world. After the eleventh witch had just blessed her, the thirteenth witch, the one who hadn't been invited, came in. She was very angry that she wasn't invited, and she wanted to take revenge on this, Offer her vicious spell. So she came in and cried out, "The king's daughter will be wounded by a spindle at fifteen and die." All the people present were shocked. But before the twelfth witch could offer her gift, she came forward and said, "This terrible spell will indeed be fulfilled, but the princess can save the day. She will not die, but just fall into a coma, and she will sleep for a hundred years." .”

The king ordered that all the spindles in the kingdom should be collected and destroyed, so that his daughter might not suffer that misfortune. As time went by, all the blessings of the witches came true on the princess. She is smart and beautiful, with a gentle personality and elegant manners, and she is really cute. But on that very day when she was fifteen years old, the king and queen were not at home, and the princess was left alone in the palace. She walked around in the palace, looked at all the rooms, big and small, and finally, she came to an old palace building. There is a very narrow staircase in the palace building. At the end of the stairs is a door with a golden key stuck in the door. As she turned the golden key, the door swung open, and an old woman sat inside, spinning. When the princess saw it, she said, "Hello, old mother! What are you doing?" "Spinning," replied the old woman, and nodded again. "It's so fun to spin this little thing!" As she said, the princess stepped forward to pick up the spindle to spin, but as soon as she touched it, she immediately fell to the ground and lost consciousness. The previous spell really came true.

However, she did not die, but just fell there and fell into a deep sleep. The king and queen came back at this time, and they fell asleep as soon as they entered the hall; the horses in the stable, the dogs in the yard, the pigeons on the roof, and the flies on the walls; even the fire was asleep. The fire in the kitchen stopped burning and fell asleep; the meat on the barbecue stopped frying; the cook was grabbing the hair of a child laborer who had done something wrong at this moment, and wanted to slap him and tell him to get out, and the two of them were also fixed there. fell asleep. Everything was still and fell into a deep sleep.

Soon, a large fence of thistles grew around the palace. Year after year, they grew taller and thicker, and finally covered the whole palace completely, even the roof and chimneys could not be seen. gone.

So, there was such a legend about this kingdom, a legend about a beautiful sleeping rose princess, who was actually the king's daughter. Since then, many princes have come to explore. They tried to go through the hedge to the palace, but they all failed. It was as hard to get out of them as they were caught, and they all died painfully in the end.

Many, many years passed, and one day, another prince set foot on this land.

An old man told him the story of the thornbush, and said that there was a beautiful palace within the hedge, and in the palace there was a fairy princess, her name was Princess Rose, and she and the whole palace and everyone in it were very beautiful. in deep sleep. He also said that he had heard his grandfather talk of how many princes had come here, and that they all tried to go through the hedge, but they all got entangled in it and died. After hearing this, the prince said, "All these things don't frighten me, I want to see Princess Rose!" The old man advised him not to try, but he insisted.

On this day, exactly one hundred years had passed, so when the Prince came to the hedge, all he saw were bushes in full bloom, and he went through the hedge with ease. As he walked ahead, the hedge closed again behind him. At last he reached the palace, and saw the dogs lying asleep in the courtyard, the horses in the stables sleeping, and the doves on the roof sleeping with their heads under their wings. He walked into the palace and saw the flies sleeping on the wall, the cook in the kitchen raised his hand as if to slap the child laborer, and a maid was holding a black hen to pluck its feathers.

He continued to search inside, everything was surprisingly quiet, even his own breathing could be heard clearly. Finally, he came to the ancient palace and pushed open the door of the small room where Princess Rose was. Princess Rose was sleeping soundly. She was so beautiful and moving. He stared wide-eyed, reluctant to blink. Looking at her, he couldn't help but leaned down and kissed her. With this kiss, Miss Rose came to life suddenly. She opened her eyes and looked at him affectionately with a smile. The prince walked out of the palace building with her in his arms.

At this moment, the king and queen also woke up, and everyone in the palace woke up. They gazed at each other with great curiosity, not seeming to understand what was going on. The horse stood up and swayed; the dog jumped and barked; the pigeon raised its head from under its wings, looked around, and flew to the field; the flies on the wall buzzed away; the kitchen The fire in the kitchen started to cook again, and the grilled meat squeaked again; the chef yelled and slapped the child laborer; the maid continued to pluck the chicken, and everything returned to the way it used to be. Soon, the prince and princess Rose held a grand wedding ceremony, and they lived happily together until they grew old.

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