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1、SleepingBeautyOnceuponatimetherewasaQueenwhohadabeautifulbabydaughter.Sheaskedallthefairiesinthekingdomtothechristening,butunfortunatelyforgottoinviteoneofthem,whowasabitofawitchaswell.Shecameanyway,butasshepassedthebaby＇scradle,shesaid:"Whenyouaresixteen,you
2、willinjureyourselfwithaspindleanddie!""Oh,no!"screamedtheQueeninhorror.Agoodfairyquicklychantedamagicspelltochangethecurse.Whenshehurtherself,thegirlwouldfallintoaverydeepsleepinsteadofdying.Theyearswentby,thelittlePrincessgrewandbecamethemostbeautifulgirlint
3、hewholekingdom.Hermotherwasalwaysverycarefultokeepherawayfromspindles,butthePrincess,onhersixteenthbirthday,asshewanderedthroughthecastle,cameintoaroomwhereanoldservantwasspinning."Whatareyoudoing?"sheaskedtheservant."I＇mspinning.Haven＇tyouseenaspindlebefore?
4、""No.Letmeseeit!"Theservanthandedthegirlthespindle...andsheprickedherselfwithitand.withasigh,droppedtothefloor.TheterrifiedoldwomanhurriedtotelltheQueen.Besideherselfwithanguish,theQueendidherbesttoawakenherdaughterbutinvain.Thecourtdoctorsandwizardswerecalle
5、d,buttherewasnothingtheycoulddo.Thegirlcouldnotbewakenedfromherdeepsleep.Thegoodfairywhomanagedtoavoidtheworstofthecursecametoo,andtheQueensaidtoher,"Whenwillmydaughterwaken?""Idon＇tknow,"thefairyadmittedsadly."Inayear＇stime,tenyearsortwenty?"theQueenwenton."
6、Maybeinahundredyears＇time.Whoknows?"saidthefairy."Oh!Whatwouldmakeherwaken?"askedtheQueenweeplng.2用心爱心专心"Love,"repliedthefairy."Ifamanofpureheartweretofallinlovewithher,thatwouldbringherbacktolife!"en369.cn"Howcanamanfallinlovewithasleepinggirl?"sobbedtheQuee
7、n,andsoheart-brokenwasshethat,afewdayslater,shedied.ThesleepingPrincesswastakentoherroomandlaidonthebedsurroundedbygarlandsofflowers.Shewassobeautiful,withasweetface,notlikethoseofthedead,butpinklikethosewhoaresleepingpeacefully.Thegoodfairysaidtoherself,"Whe
8、nshewakens,whoisshegoingtoseearoundher?Strangefacesandpeopleshedoesn＇tknow?Icanneverletthathappen.Itwouldbetoopainfulforthisunfortunategirl."Sothefairycastaspell;andeveryonethatlivedinthe
