Learning English through story Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault

the people from a small town in France

are outside the Kings summer castle the

King goes out onto the balcony we are

very happy to tell you that we have a

baby daughter her name is Aurora

everyone is invited to a party here at

the castle tomorrow

he says the King goes back into the

castle the Queen is singing to the baby

the party tomorrow is going to be

wonderful

says the king all the people from the

town are coming and of course we must

invite the flower of fairies everyone in

the castle is very busy the cooks are

cooking delicious roast meats with

vegetables and they are making delicious

cakes to the cleaners are sweeping and

dusting the Queen’s friends are picking

flowers in the garden and putting

flowers in all the rooms mmm the food

smells delicious

says the king and the castle is very

pretty with all these flowers little

Princess Aurora is sleeping happily she

doesn’t know there is going to be a

party tomorrow the next day the Sun

shines and all the men women and

children from the town come to the party

the children like the new baby and want

to pick her up you can pick her up later

when she wakes up

says the Queen yes says the king come

and sit down now

the food is ready and we’re all hungry

look look over there by the trees says a

little boy everyone turns and looks at

the trees Oh says a little girl are they

yes they are says the Queen they’re the

flower fairies hello say the flower

fairies we’ve got some very special

presents for Princess Aurora she’s going

to be beautiful says fairy Daisy she’s

going to be happy

says fairy iris she’s going to be

healthy says fairy sunflower and says

fairy poppy stop says another fairy

who’s this asks the Queen it’s fairy

we’d say the Flower Fairies she’s a bad

fairy she must leave the party no I’m

not going to leave says fairy weed I’ve

got a present for Princess Aurora to

when she’s 16 she’s going to prick her

finger on a spinning wheel and die wait

I’ve got to give Princess Aurora my

present now says fairy poppy I can’t

change fairy weeds present

says Aurora is going to prick her finger

on a spinning wheel when she’s 16 but

she isn’t going to die she’s going to

sleep for a hundred years she isn’t

going to prick her finger on a spinning

wheel or sleep for a hundred years says

the king we must destroy all the

spinning wheels in the town tomorrow

everyone must take their spinning wheels

to the town square we’re going to

destroy them all the next day everyone

takes their spinning wheels to the town

square

there are big spinning wheels and small

spinning wheels new spinning wheels and

old spinning wheels and the king’s men

destroy them all thank you everyone

says the king thank you for your

spinning wheels I’m very sorry that you

can’t make your clothes now but I want

to help you I’m going to pay the people

in Paris to make your clothes for you

hurray for the king shout the people of

the town hooray for our good kind King

Princess Aurora grows into a beautiful

young woman on her 16th birthday

everyone in the castle is preparing for

her birthday party come on Molly

she says to her dog let’s go to the old

tower the door is always locked

but today everyone’s busy perhaps it’s

open

the door isn’t locked Princess Aurora

and Molly go up the stairs in a room at

the top there’s an old lady

and a spinning wheel what’s that asks

Princess Aurora it’s a spinning wheel

says the old lady you can touch it if

you want Princess Aurora touches the

spinning wheel and pricks her finger the

flower fairies flying to the tower

oh no we’re too late

says fairy daizy she’s asleep she can’t

sleep alone for a hundred years

says fairy sunflower no says fairy iris

everyone in the castle must sleep for a

hundred years

Molly falls asleep near the bed the king

and queen fall asleep on their Thrones

the Queen’s friends fall asleep picking

flowers the cleaners fall asleep

sweeping and dusting the Cook falls

asleep making a cake the birds fall

asleep in the trees the cat falls asleep

chasing a mouse the castle is silent

everyone is asleep

everyone sleeps for a hundred years

one day a prince from Spain comes to the

town the people tell him about the

sleeping princess I’m going to the

castle I want to see the sleeping

princess he says to his friends there

are big trees around the castle and

beautiful flowers are growing over the

trees and the castle walls the Prince

goes to the old tower he sees the

sleeping princess

he kisses her hand and she wakes up

you’re the Prince of my dreams she says

and you Sleeping Beauty are the princess

of my dreams he says everyone in the

castle wakes up the Queen’s friends

start picking the flowers again the cook

starts making the cake the bird starts

singing the cat starts chasing the mouse

and the flower fairies fly into the

castle Prince Carlos of Spain is here

they say Princess Aurora takes Prince

Carlos to the king and queen mummy and

daddy says princess Allura this is

Prince Carlos he’s going to stay and

come to my birthday party that’s

wonderful says the Queen yes says the

king we’re happy that you’re here and

thank you very much for waking us up

you