Sleeping Beauty is the 10th in this series of story telling. Read stories, comprehend well, ask questions, answer rightly and improve your language skills.
4. Walt Disney Series X
In this series I will tell you some stories
Selected from world classics.
It’s to improve your
Language skills,
Listening skills,
Narrative skills,
Vocabulary, and
Comprehensive abilities
5. Please Read on:
Once upon a time there lived a King and
Queen who longed so much to have a
baby.
And when they finally had a daughter
they were very happy.
6. They called her Aurora, which
mean dawn – like the sun at
the dawn she brightened their
lives.
7. People from far and near
flocked to the castle to convey
their good wishes.
8. The three good fairies Flora,
Fauna and Merryweather also
arrived to bless Aurora.
9. Flora blessed the princess
with beauty while Fauna
blessed her with the gift of
song.
10. But as Merryweather was
about to give her gift to the
baby, a gust of wind blew open
the doors.
11. There was a flash of lightning
and a flash of thunder.
12. Suddenly a bright flame began
to burn in the hall, which took
the shape of a woman.
13. The wicked fairy Maleficent
had arrived and to show anger
at not having been invited she
cursed the baby…
14. “On her sixteenth birthday
your daughter shall prick her
finger on the spindle of a
spinning wheel and die!” she
said.
27. They told Aurora the whole
story and then they all began
the long journey back to the
castle.
28. But all Aurora could think of
was the young man who would
come to the cottage in vain.
29. When Princess Aurora arrived
at the castle, Maleficent put a
spell on her and in a trance
she went to a secret room in a
tower where Maleficient had
hidden a spinning wheel.
41. It seemed an impossible battle,
but after an exhausting fight
with the weapons the good
fairies had given him, Prince
Philip finally won and raced
through the palace gates.
42. In a room in the tower he
found his beautiful, sleeping
Aurora.
43. “Wake up, my lovely
Princess,” he whispered and
kissed her gently on her lips.
44. Aurora woke up and smiled to
her prince. Together they left
the chamber and descended
the stairs.
47. Princess Aurora and Prince
Philip danced in each other’s
arms the whole night.
48. “Who would have dreamed
that all this would end so
happily,” the King sighed and
felt very pleased.
49. "The Sleeping Beauty (French: La Belle
au bois dormant, "The Beauty sleeping
in the wood") by Charles Perrault or
"Little Briar Rose"
(German: Dornröschen) by the Brothers
Grimm is a classic fairytale involving a
beautiful princess, enchantment of
sleep, and a handsome prince. Written
as an original literary tale, it was first
published by Charles
Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps
passéin 1697.
50. Questions:
1. What is the name of the Sleeping Beauty?
2. Who is Maleficent?
3. List out the Characters of the fairy-tale.