This terrible gift made the entire court quiver, there was not a single person who did not cry.Īt this moment, the good Angel who had concealed itself behind the tapestry, stepped forward. The princess would prick her hand on the spindle of a spinning wheel, and die. It stretched out its dark hand over the baby and pronounced its curse. The eighth Angel took its place before the infant princess. One gave her a gift that would make her the most beautiful person in the world another, a helpful spirit like an Angel's a gift of grace in all that the princess would do a gift of dance, to make the heart merry a gift that would make her sing like a nightingale a gift of talent, so she could play any musical instrument to perfection. One by one, the Angels presented their gifts to the baby princess. However, one Angel did notice, and feigning some excuse, slipped behind a tapestry, in order to speak lastly, and repair, as much as God would give the good Angel power, the evil which the eighth angel would make. Since all the eyes of the court were upon the royal princess, no one seemed to notice as the eighth Angel took its place in the line. This eighth Angel was not dressed in garments of lights, as were the other seven, but instead, was cloaked with a garment of darkness. Now it happened that seven Angels descended from the throne of God, to the throne of the King and Queen, and stood before the royal princess.īut as each Angel was about to present their gift, there appeared an eighth angel. Now, it was the custom in the land, for Angels to descend from the throne of God, and bestow blessings and gifts upon the newborn infants of the throne, not only ensuring a righteous monarchy, but also bestowing an outward perfection of beauty, mirroring the beauty that was within. After every possibility was exhausted, they prayed. Nce upon a time, there was a King and a Queen who wanted to have a child very much. "Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off."
Translated (via AltaVista's Babel Fish ), edited, and revised by Judith Bronte from the original 1696 French version of "La Belle au bois dormant." "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault, 1696
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