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Once upon a time, 

there was a King and 

Queen. 

And when their baby 

daughter was born they 

were so happy they decided 

to have a big party.

They invited all their 

family, all their friends and 

all the fairies in the land.

Now there were 13 fairies 

altogether but the king but 

queen only invited 12. They 

forgot about the 13th. And 

that was something they 

should not have done. 

Well, it was a splendid party! And when 

everyone had finished eating, the fairies 

gathered around the baby's cradle and they 

each made a magic wish. The princess shall be 

beautiful said the first. And happy, said the 

second. And kind, said the third. And so they 

went on. The princess was to be brave, and 

clever and truthful. She was to have a sweet 

singing voice and light dancing feet.

And, then, just as the twelfth fairy 

was about to make her wish, in came 

the thirteenth.Here is my wish, she 

said. "When the princess is 16 years 

old, she will prick her finger on a 

spindle and she will die." And with 

that, the thirteenth fairy vanished.

Then the 12th fairy said, "I cannot change all 

of the wicked fairies powerful magic." So the 

princess will prick her finger but she will not 

die! She will sleep for a hundred years. The 

king and queen thanked the fairy for her 

kindness but they were not happy. They did not 

want their daughter to sleep for a hundred 

years. So they ordered that every spinning wheel 

and spindle in the land must be chopped up and 

burnt. Then they thought that the princess was 

safe. 

The years passed and the princess grew up. She 

was very beautiful and clever at lots of 

different things. She was, in fact, everything 

the fairies had wished her to be. 

On her sixteenth birthday, the princess was exploring 

the castle when she came to a little room at the top 

of a tall tower. And in that room was an old woman 

sitting by a spinning wheel. "What are you doing?" 

asked the princess?" 

"I am spinning," said the old woman, who was really 

the wicked thirteenth fairy, "would you like to try?" 

"Oh yes," said the princess, and she sat down by the 

spinning wheel. But as soon as she touched the 

spindle, the sharp point pricked her finger and she 

fell asleep. 

And the old woman vanished. 

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