Sleeping Beauty. Traditional stories in English for children

We present this traditional story in English for your children to learn while playing. A beautiful story of the Brothers Grimm narrated in English so you can teach this language to your children. A fun story in English that you can read to your children so they can learn English while having fun. Tr

We present this traditional story in English for your children to learn while playing. A beautiful story of the Brothers Grimm narrated in English so you can teach this language to your children.

A fun story in English that you can read to your children so they can learn English while having fun. Traditional stories are ideal for teaching English to children in a simple and instructive way.

Sleeping Beauty. English stories

In times past there lived a king andqueen,who said to each other of their lives, "Would that we had a child!" And yet they had none.

But it happened once that when the queen was bathing, there came a frog out of the water, and I squatted on the ground, and said to her:

- "Thy wish shall be fulfilled; before a year has gone by, thou shalt bring a daughter into the world. "

And as the frog foretold, so it happened; and the queen bore a daughter so beautiful that the king could not contain himself for joy, and I have ordained a great feast. Not only did he bid to it his relations, friends, and acquaintances, but also the wise women, that they might be kind and favorable to the child. There were thirteen of them in his kingdom, but he had only provided twelve golden plates for them to eat from, one of them had to be left out. However, the feast was celebrated with all splendor; and as it drew to an end, the wise women stood in front of the child to present their wonderful gifts: one bestowed virtue, one beauty, a third riches, and so on, whatever there is in the world to wish for. And when they had their say, in came the uninvited thirteenth, burning to revenge herself, and without greeting, she cried with a loud voice,

- "In the fifteenth year of her age shall she prick herself with a spindle and shall fall down dead. "

And without speaking one more word she turned away and left the hall. Every one was terrified at her saying, when the twelfth came forward, for she had not yet bestowed her gift, and though she could not give away with the evil prophecy, yet she could soften it, so she said,

- "The princess will not die, but fall into a deep sleep for a hundred years. "the Now the king, being desirous of saving his child from this misfortune, gave commandment that all the spindles in his kingdom should be burnt up.

The maiden grew up, adorned with all the gifts of the wise women; and she was so lovely, modest, sweet, and kind and clever, that no one who saw her could help loving her. Happened It happened one day, she was already fifteen years old, that the king and queen rode abroad, and the maiden was left behind alone in the castle. She wandered into all the nooks and corners, and into all the chambers and parlors, as the fancy took her, till at last she came to an old tower. She climbed the narrow winding stair which led to a little door, with a rusty key sticking out of the lock; she turned the key, and the door opened, and there in the little room sat an old woman with a spindle, diligently spinning her flax.

- "Good day, mother," said the princess, "what are you doing?"

- "I am spinning," answered the old woman, nodding her head.

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In that very moment she fell back on the bed that stood there, and lay in a deep sleep. And this sleep fell upon the whole castle; the king and queen, who had returned and were in the great hall, fell fast asleep, and with them the whole court. The horses in their stalls, the dogs in the yard, the pigeons on the roof, the flies on the wall, the very fire that flickered on the hearth, became still, and slept like the rest; and the meat on the spit ceased roasting, and the cook, who was going to pull the scullion's hair for some mistake he had made, let him go, and went to sleep. And the wind ceased, and not to leaf fell from the trees about the castle.

Then round about that place there was a hedge of thorns thicker every year, until at last the whole castle was hidden from view, and nothing of it could be seen but the vane on the roof. And a rumor went abroad in that country of the beautiful sleeping Rosamond, for so was the princess called; and from time to time many kings' sons came and tried to force their way through the hedge; but it was impossible for them to do so, for the thorns held fast as hands, and the young men were caught by them, and not being able to get free, there died a lamentable death.

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Many a long year afterwards there came to king's are into that country, and heard an old man tell how there should be a castle standing behind the hedge of thorns, and that there is a beautiful enchanted princess named Rosamond had slept for a hundred years, and with her the king and queen, and the whole court. The old man had been told by his grandfather that many king's sons had sought to pass the thorn-hedge, but had been caught and pierced by the thorns, and had died a miserable death. Then said the young man,

- "Nevertheless, I do not fear to try; I shall win through and see the lovely Rosamond. "Good The good old man tried to dissuade him, but he would not listen to his words. For now the hundred years were at an end, and the day had come when Rosamond should be awakened. The When the prince drew near the hedge of thorns, it was changed into a hedge of beautiful large flowers, which part and bent aside to let him pass, and then closed behind him in a thick hedge. When I reached the castle-yard, I saw the horses and brindled hunting-dogs lying asleep, and on the roof the pigeons were sitting with their heads under their wings. And when he came indoors, the flies on the wall were asleep, the cook in the kitchen had his hand uplifted to strike the scullion, and the kitchen-maid had the black fowl on his lap ready to pluck.

Then I have mounted higher, and saw in the hall the whole court lying asleep, and above them, on their thrones, slept the king and the queen. And still he went farther, and it was so quiet that he could hear his own breathing; and at last I came to the tower, and went up the winding stair, and opened the door of the little room where Rosamond lay. And when he saw her looking so lovely in her sleep, he could not turn away his eyes; and presently I stooped and kissed her. And she awaked, and opened her eyes, and looked very kindly on him. And she rose, and they went forth together, and the king and the queen and the whole court waked up, and gazed on each other with great eyes of wonderment. And the horses in the yard got up and shook themselves, the hounds sprang up and wagged their tails, the pigeons on the roof drew their heads from under their wings, looked round, and flew into the field, the flies on the wall crept on a little farther, the kitchen fire leapt up and blazed, and cooked the meat, the joint on the spit began to roast, the cook gave the scullion such a box on the ear that I roared out, and the maid went on plucking the fowl .

Then the wedding of the Prince and Rosamond was held with all splendor, and they lived very happily together until their lives' end.

THE END

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