She was furious at being left out.

　　All the fairies of the kingdom have given their blessings. Well, heres mine for the Princess. On her sixteenth birthday she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die.

　　Another flash of light and the fairy was gone.

　　But we thought she was dead, said the King. What can we do ?

　　The Queen was in tears.

　　The twelfth fairy stepped forward.

　　There is still my gift for Briar Rose, she said. The fairys curse cannot be undone, but I can change it a little. She will fall into a deep sleep that will last one hundred years, There was a great hubbub in the hall as everyone discussed the events.

　　The following day the King issued a proclamation, ordering that all spinning wheels and spindles were to be destroyed. Throughout the land there were great fires as the spinning wheels were burned.

　　很久很久以前，在一个遥远的地方，住着一位国王和一位王后，他们因为第一个孩子，一个女儿的诞生非常开心。

　　国王非常高兴有了一个女儿，说，我们一定要给她举行一个盛大的洗礼仪式。

　　王后说，我们要邀请王国里所有的仙女来祝福她。

　　国王问：我们有多少仙女呢?

　　他的妻子说，十二个也不十三个。把邀请发出去我们很快就知道了。

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