A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of the Brothers Grimm tale “Briar Rose”: a fairy left out of the royal feast wishes that the princess will fall down dead from a spindle, a kinder fairy softens it to a hundred years’ sleep, and at last a king’s son passes through the thorn hedge to wake her and the whole palace.
Read first 3 pagesThe opening of Sleeping Beauty: A Gentle Retelling, free to read.
Once upon a time, a king and queen wished for a baby, but no baby came. At the river, the queen saw a little fish flapping on the grass. Gently, she tossed it back into the water.
Up popped the fish’s head. “I know your wish,” it said. “You will soon have a daughter.” And it came true! The proud king threw a grand feast so the whole kingdom could meet the baby.
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