Within a year you shall have a little girl."
What the frog said came true.
The queen had a little child who was so beautiful that the king gave a
party in her honor.
He wished to invite all the wise women in the land, for these wise women
could grant fairy gifts to his little child.
There were thirteen of them, but only twelve were invited, as the king
had only twelve golden plates.
After the dinner was over, the wise women in turn arose from the table
and named their fairy gifts to the little princess.
The first gave to her goodness; the second, beauty; the third, riches;
and so on, up to the last.
Before the twelfth wise woman could speak, in walked the thirteenth.
This woman was in a great rage because she had not been invited.
She cried in a loud voice, "When the princess is fifteen years old she
shall prick her finger with a spindle and shall fall down dead."
At these words every one turned pale with fright.
The twelfth wise woman, who had not yet spoken, now came up and said:
"I could not stop this woman's evil words, I can only make them less
harsh.
The king's child shall not die, but a deep sleep shall fall upon her, in
which she shall stay one hundred years."
BRIAR ROSE--II
The little princess was so beautiful, so kind; and so good that no one
who knew her could help loving her.
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