Sleeping Beauty once upon a time there was a king and queen . They lived in a big castle . They did not have any children , but they wanted a child very much . Many years went by , then at last , one day , a baby girl arrived . ' This is the happiest day of my life ! ' said the King . ' We will have a big christening and we will invite all the fairies ! ' So the King and Queen wrote to the yellow fairy , th orange fairty , the green fairy , the red fairy , the blue fairy , the pink fairy and the little white fairy . But they didn ' t write to the black fairy , old Carabosse . Carabosse was a bad fairy . She knew about the baby Princess and the christening , so she came to the church . And when she saw all the other fairies there , she was very angry . ' Why didn ' t the King and Queen invite me to the christening ? ' she said . After the christening , they had dinner . Everybody had gold cups and gold plates . When the Queen saw Carabosse she said , ' Oh dear ! Why didn ' t we invite her to the christening ? ' she smiled at Carabosse , and said , ' I ' m very sorry . Please sit down with us now and have dinner . ' The King told his servants , ' Bring another chair , another cup and another plate . ' But ther were no more gold cups and plates , so the servants gave Carabosse a silver cup and a silver plate . ' What ? ' said Carabosse . ' No gold for me ? ' After that , she was more angry . After dinner , the fairies gave their presents to the baby princess . The fairies ' presents were magic presents . ' The princess will be happy ', said the yellow fairy . ' And strong ', said the orange fairy . ' She will be beautiful ', said the blue fairy . ' And kind ', said the green fairy . The red fairy siad , ' She will have many friends . ' But the little white fairy didn ' t say anything . She looked at Carabosse . ' Old Carabosse is going to say something nasty ', she thought . ' I must speak after her . Then perhaps I can do some good . ' So the little white fairy hid behind a curtain . Then Carabosse slowly stood up . ' one day , this little princess will prick her finger on a spindle . .. and she will die ! ' ' No ! ' said the King . ' Don ' t say that ! ' ' Please ! ' said the Queen . ' She is our only child ! ' Everybody in the room was afraid . ' They were all very quiet . And then the little white fairy came out from behind the curtain . ' The Princess will not die ', she said . ' She will only sleep . She will sleep for a hundred years . Then a prince will come and find her , and she will open her eyes again and be happy . ' ' No ! ' said the King again . ' It ' s not true . The Princess will not prick her finger on a spindle , because there will not be any spindles . ' He told his servants , ' Go and find all the spinning wheels in the country . Look in every house . Bring them here . ' So his servants went to every house in the country and brought all the spinning wheels back to the castle . Then they made a big fire and burned them . But they didn ' t find all of them . There was one old spinning wheels in a room in an old tower . But no one knew about it , so no one went and looked for it . Time went by . At last , the Princess was sixteen years old . She was a beautiful girl - happy , strong , good and kind . Everybody loved her . one day she was alone , so she began to look around the castle . It was a very big castle and the Princess went into lots of different rooms . She came to an old tower , and saw some strange little stairs . ' What ' s up there ? ' she thought . Slowly the young Princess went up the stairs . Then she came to a door . She opened it , and saw a little old woman and a strange wheel . ' Hello ', said the Princess . ' What are you doing ? And what is that strange wheel ? ' ' It ' s a spinning wheel , my dear ', answered the old woman . ' Would you like to see it ? Come closer and look . ..' ' Here ', said the old woman , ' sit in my chair . ' ' Thank you ', said the Princess . ' You are very kind . She sat down and looked at the spinning wheel . Then she touched the spindle . ' Oh ! It pricked me ! It pricked my finger ! ' ' Oh dear ! ' said the old woman . ' Are you all right ? ' But the Princess didn ' t answer . She only fell quietly from her chair onto the floor . ' Oh dear ! Oh dear ! ' said the old woman . ' What ' s wrong ? I must go and get help . ' When the King heard , he was very angry . ' I don ' t understand . I said Burn all the spinning wheels . ' ' Oh dear ! ' said the old woman . ' No one told me . My little room is in an old tower , far away from everybody . ' ' We must find the little white fairy ', siad the Queen . ' She will help us . ' Then the King and Queen put the Princess on a gold bed . And they sat and watched her quietly , and waited for the little white fairy . When the little white fairy heard about the Princess , she flew through the sky in her magic coach . She arrived at the castle and ran to the King and Queen . ' Do not cry and do not be afraid ', she told them . ' The Princess is only sleeping . she will sleep quietly for a hundred years . ' Then the little white fariy said some magic words and everyone in the castle went to sleep : the King and Queen , the lords and ladies and all the servants . Even the King ' s horses and the King ' s dogs . ' You must all sleep for a hundred years . ' said the little white fairy . ' Then the Princess will not be alone when she opens her eyes again . ' The little white fairy walked through the castle . It was all quiet now . Then she went out and closed the big door quietly behind her . And the Princess and all the people in the castle slept . Tall treed and grass came up all around the castle , so no one could see it . For many years no one visited the castle . Then one day , after a hundred years , a young prince came with his friends . The Prince saw the forest of tall trees , but he also saw the towers of the castle , far away . There was an old man on the road by the forest . ' What are those towers in the forest ? ' asked the Prince . ' Is it a castle ? ' ' Yes ', said the old man , ' but no one goes there . Some people say that it ' s a witch ' s castle . But others say that a beautiful princess sleeps there , on a gold bed . ' ' A princess ! ' said the Prince . ' on a gold bed ! I want to go up there and see . ' ' But you can ' t go through the forest ', said the old man . ' Oh , yes I can ! ' said the Prince . The old man watched and the Prince went up the hill on his white horse . Then a strange thing happened . The trees began to open , and the Prince and his horse went through easily . But the trees closed behind him , and his friends could not go after him . So the Prince went on alone and found the castle . ' This is a strange castle ', he said . ' Everybody is sleeping . And they are all wearing strange clothes . People wore clothes like these a hundred years ago . ' ' Hello ! ' he called . But nobody answered . He was a little afraid and wanted to leave . But then her thought about the Princess on her gold bed . He looked for her , but her couldn ' t find her . Then at last , upstairs , he opened an old door - and there she was ! She slept on a gold bed . Here hair was long and it was the colour of gold . The sun came through the window and fell onto her face . ' Oh ! ' said the Prince . ' She is very beautiful ! ' He looked at her for a long , long time . Then her put his hand on her hand and kissed her . Suddenly she opened her eyes . And when the Princess opened her eyes , all the other people in the room began to open their eyes too . ' Will you marry me ? ' asked the Prince . ' Oh yes ! ' said the Princess . ' But first , I must eat something . I ' m very hungry ! ' ' Let ' s go down then ', said the Prince . ' Let ' s all go downstairs . There is food on the tables - and it ' s warm ! ' One by one , everyone in the castle opened their eyes : the King and Queen , the lords and ladies and all the servants . Even the King ' s horses and the King ' s dogs . Later that day the Prince and the Princess went to the church , and they were married . Outside the castle it was summer . The grass was green , the sky was blue and all the birds sang . And so the years went by . The Prince and Princess had two children : a little girl with gold hair , liked her mother , and a little boy with dark hair , like his father . And they all lived happily ever after .