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<v Speaker 1>Briar Rose by Jacob Grimm and Willem Grimm. Once upon

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<v Speaker 1>a time there lived a king and a queen who

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<v Speaker 1>had no children, and this they lamented very much. But

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<v Speaker 1>one day, as the queen was walking by the side

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<v Speaker 1>of the river, a little fish lifted its head out

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<v Speaker 1>of the water and said, your wish shall be fulfilled,

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<v Speaker 1>and you shall soon have a daughter. When that little

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<v Speaker 1>fish had foretold, soon came to pass, and the queen

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<v Speaker 1>had a little girl, who was so very beautiful that

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<v Speaker 1>the king could not cease looking on her for joy,

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<v Speaker 1>and determined to hold a great feast. So he invited

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<v Speaker 1>not only his relations, friends and neighbors, but all the

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<v Speaker 1>fairies that they might be kind and good to his

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<v Speaker 1>little daughter. Now there were thirteen fairies in his kingdom,

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<v Speaker 1>and he had only twelve golden dishes for them to

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<v Speaker 1>eat out of, so that he was obliged to leave

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<v Speaker 1>one of the fairies without an invitation. The rest came,

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<v Speaker 1>and after the feast was over, they gave all their

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<v Speaker 1>best gifts to the little princess. One gave her virtue,

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<v Speaker 1>another beauty, another riches, and so on till she had

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<v Speaker 1>all that was excellent in the world. When eleven had

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<v Speaker 1>done blessing her. The thirteenth, who had not been invited

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<v Speaker 1>and was very angry on that account, came in and

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<v Speaker 1>determined to take her revenge. So she cried out, the

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<v Speaker 1>King's daughter shall in her fifteenth year be wounded by

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<v Speaker 1>a spindle and fall down dead. Then the twelfth, who

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<v Speaker 1>had not yet given her gift, came forward and said

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<v Speaker 1>that the bad wish must be fulfilled, but that she

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<v Speaker 1>could soften it, and that the king's daughter should not die,

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<v Speaker 1>but fall asleep for a hundred years. But the king

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<v Speaker 1>hoped to save his dear child from the threatened evil,

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<v Speaker 1>and ordered that all the spindles in the kingdom should

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<v Speaker 1>be bought up and destroyed. All the fairy's gifts were

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<v Speaker 1>in the meantime fulfilled, for the princess was so beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>and well behaved, and amiable and wise that everyone who

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<v Speaker 1>knew her loved her. Now. It happened that on the

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<v Speaker 1>very day she was fifteen years old, the King and

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<v Speaker 1>Queen were not at home, and she was left alone

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<v Speaker 1>in the palace. So she roamed about by herself and

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<v Speaker 1>looked at all the rooms and chambers, till at last

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<v Speaker 1>she came to an old tower, to which there was

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<v Speaker 1>a narrow staircase ending with a little door. In the

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<v Speaker 1>door there was a golden key, and when she turned it,

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<v Speaker 1>the door sprang open, and there sat an old lady

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<v Speaker 1>spinning away very busily. Why, how now, good mother, said

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<v Speaker 1>the princess. What are you doing there spinning? Said the

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<v Speaker 1>old lady, and nodded her head. How prettily that little

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<v Speaker 1>thing turns round, said the princess, and took the spindle

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<v Speaker 1>and began to spin. But scarcely had she touched it

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<v Speaker 1>before the prophecy was fulfilled, and she fell down lifeless

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<v Speaker 1>on the ground. However, she was not dead, but had

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<v Speaker 1>only fallen into a deep sleep. And the King and

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<v Speaker 1>the Queen, who just then came home, and all their

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<v Speaker 1>court fell asleep too, And the horses slept in the stables,

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<v Speaker 1>and the dogs in the yard, and the pigeons on

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<v Speaker 1>the housetop, and the flies on the walls. Even the

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<v Speaker 1>fire on the hearth left off blazing and went to sleep,

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<v Speaker 1>and the meat that was roasting stood still. And the cook,

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<v Speaker 1>who was at that moment pulling the kitchen boy by

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<v Speaker 1>the hair to give him a box on the ear

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<v Speaker 1>for something he had done amiss let him go, and

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<v Speaker 1>both fell asleep, and so everything stood still and slept soundly.

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<v Speaker 1>A high hedge of thorns soon grew round the palace,

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<v Speaker 1>and never year it became higher and thicker, till at

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<v Speaker 1>last the whole palace was surrounded and hidden, so that

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<v Speaker 1>not even the roof or chimneys could be seen. But

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<v Speaker 1>there went a report through all the land of the

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful sleeping Briar Rose, for thus was the king's daughter called,

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<v Speaker 1>so that from time to time several kings sons came

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<v Speaker 1>and tried to break through the thicket into the palace.

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<v Speaker 1>This they could never do, for the thorns and bushes

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<v Speaker 1>laid hold of them, as it were, with hands, and

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<v Speaker 1>there they stuck fast and died miserably. After many many years,

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<v Speaker 1>there came another king's son into that land, and an

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<v Speaker 1>old man told him the story of the thicket of thorns,

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<v Speaker 1>and how a beautiful palace stood behind it, in which

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<v Speaker 1>was a wondrous princess called Briar Rose, asleep with all

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<v Speaker 1>her court. He told too, how he had heard from

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<v Speaker 1>his grandfather the many many princes had come and had

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<v Speaker 1>tried to break through the thicket, but had stuck fast

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<v Speaker 1>and died. Then the young prince said, ah, this shall

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<v Speaker 1>not frighten me. I will go and see Briar Rose.

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<v Speaker 1>The old man tried to dissuade him, but he persisted

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<v Speaker 1>in going. Now that very day the hundred years were completed,

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<v Speaker 1>And as a prince came to the thicket, he saw

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<v Speaker 1>nothing but beautiful flowering shrubs, through which he passed with ease,

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<v Speaker 1>and they closed after him as firm as ever. Then

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<v Speaker 1>he came at last to the palace, and there in

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<v Speaker 1>the yard lay the dogs asleep, and the horses in

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<v Speaker 1>the stables, and on the roof sat the pigeons fast asleep,

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<v Speaker 1>with their heads under their wings. And when he came

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<v Speaker 1>into the palace, the flies slept on the walls, and

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<v Speaker 1>the cook in the kitchen was still holding up her

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<v Speaker 1>hand as if she would beat the boy, and the

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<v Speaker 1>maid sat with a black fowl in her hand, ready

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<v Speaker 1>to be plucked. Then he went on still further, and

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<v Speaker 1>all was so still that he could hear every breath

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<v Speaker 1>he drew, till at last he came to the old

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<v Speaker 1>tower and opened the door of the little room in

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<v Speaker 1>which Briar Rose was, And there she lay fast asleep,

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<v Speaker 1>and looked so beautiful that he could not take his

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<v Speaker 1>eyes off. And he stooped down and gave her a kiss.

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<v Speaker 1>But the moment he kissed her, she opened her eyes

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<v Speaker 1>and awoke and smiled upon him. Then they went out together,

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<v Speaker 1>and presently the King and Queen also awoke, and all

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<v Speaker 1>the court, and they gazed on each other with great wonder.

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<v Speaker 1>And the horses got up and shook themselves, and the

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<v Speaker 1>dogs jumped about and barked. The pigeons took their heads

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<v Speaker 1>from under their wings and looked about and flew into

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<v Speaker 1>the fields. The flies on the walls buzzed away. The

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<v Speaker 1>fire in the kitchen blazed up and cooked the dinner,

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<v Speaker 1>and the roast meat turned round again. The cook gave

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<v Speaker 1>the boy the box on his ears, so that he

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<v Speaker 1>cried out, and the maid went on plucking the fowl.

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<v Speaker 1>And then was the wedding of the prince, and Briar

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<v Speaker 1>Rose celebrated, and they lived happily together all their lives.

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<v Speaker 1>End of Grim's Fairy Stories. Briar Rose