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