Tenshi-Hotaru: Hey everybody! School suxs, doesn't it? I felt so sad the
first week, because I went to a school, and all the people I knew from my
Middle School went to another. So I knew nobody! I was all alone! :'( And
there is so much work! *pout* Well, not anymore, so I should stop whining
and just get on with the story. :D
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own Sleeping Beauty, or any of the characters. Thank you to all the
reviewers, they make me feel better. So plz read and review, and responses
to the reviews are at the bottom. Thx. This book smells so good! Lolz.
Chapter 3
"Alright!" Mina flipped the page that separated 'Beauty and the Beast' and her own fairytale, and started reading.
"Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by Jenny Press. 'Many years ago, a king and queen lived in a large and magnificent white castle which had many tall towers and turrets. The king and queen had almost everything they could wish for, but still they were not happy. The one thing they wished for the most, they could not have and that was a child of their own. "How I wish we had a prince or princess to play hide and seek with among the apple trees," they sighed in the spring. "Wouldn't it be lovely to have a child to build a snowman for?" they said in the winter.
One summer day the queen was soaking in her large silver bathtub, which was beside an open window. Suddenly a green frog jumped in through the window and landed with a splash in her bath. "Help!" screamed the queen. But the frog croaked, "Don't be frightened. Before a year is past, a princess will be born who will be as beautiful as I am ugly."
The frog was right. Soon the queen had a princess who was so beautiful that the king cried tears of joy and said, "She was well worth waiting for." The king decided to give a huge feast for all his family and friends, to celebrate the baby's birth. "Don't forget to invite the fairies," said the queen. "You know that they can bring magic gifts, and they will bless our princess with luck and happiness."
There were thirteen fairies in the kingdom, but the king only had twelve gold plates. Everyone knew that fairies only ate off of golden plates, so he only sent out twelve invitations. The thirteenth fairy was old and stooped, and the king thought she would be glad to rest at home. "We will send her some cake after the feast," he said.
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The day of the party came, and the palace cooks prepared a wonderful feast with heaps and heaps of chickens and hams and mountains of roast potatoes. The pastry chef baked a huge cake with pink icing'" she said.
"Ooooh! Just think of all that food!" Usa said, while a dreamy expression appeared on her face.
"Yeah!" added Duo. "All that food for a single birth! If we ever got that much food, it would be for all our birthdays put together!" And he started drooling.
"Hey Duo! I'm kind of in front of you right now! I don't want your drool in my hair! Or my bow!" Mina said.
"Whoops! Sorry. Continue with the story." Duo stopped drooling, wiped his mouth and chin, and laid his chin on Mina's head.
"Alright. 'After everyone had eaten, the fairies went up, one by one, to the princess's cradle to give her their presents. "I give her the gift of laughter," said one, "so that she will never be sad for long." "I give her the gift of a lovely voice," said another, "so that when she speaks, it will sound like music." "I give her the gift of goodness," said a sensible-looking fairy, "so that she will not be loved for her beauty alone."'"
"Oh my god! I just realized how much this was like Mina! I mean, she's always happy. well kind of like me, but almost more so, and she loves to sing, and is good at it, and she's so nice!" said Usa. There were murmurs of assent from the other girls and Duo laughed and gave Mina a hug from behind. "All the better for her to sing me to sleep!" he said, and everyone laughed, save for Trowa and Heero, who only smirked.
"Can I finish this? Ok. 'Eleven fairies had given their presents, and the king and queen were glowing with pride, when suddenly the doors of the banquet hall flew open and everyone gasped.
Suddenly, into the room hobbled the oldest fairy, dressed in a black cloak, and shuffling along with the help of a cane. "So you didn't bother to ask me?" she cackled bitterly, "Well, I came anyway. And of course I too have brought the princess a magic gift." Then, the oldest fairy hobbled over to the cradle and pointed a long bony finger down at the baby. "When you are sixteen," she cursed, "you will prick your finger on a spindle and fall down dead!" Then she turned, and before anyone could speak, she was gone from the room. All the guests were speechless with shock, and the queen burst into tears.
But everyone had forgotten the twelfth fairy. She had not yet made her gift, and now she stepped forward. "I can't wipe out another fairy's magic spell," she said, and the queen sobbed more loudly, (A/N: when I read this, I get a mental image of someone lying on the ground just wailing, and it seems really comical, but the picture just looks like she's sobbing softly. o well :D) "but I can help a little. The princess will prick her finger on a spindle, but instead of dying, she will fall into a deep sleep that will last for a hundred years."
The king did everything he could to try and escape the curse on his beloved daughter. He made a law that all spindles were banned from his kingdom, and they were all gathered up and thrown on a huge bonfire. Posters were stuck everywhere warning that anyone found with a spindle would spend the rest of their days locked in the deepest dungeon in the king's castle. The princess grew up to be beautiful, happy and good, and the king and queen tried to forget about the terrible curse.
*~*~*~*
On the princess's sixteenth birthday, everyone was busy preparing for her party. She looked into the ballroom, and the maids screeched, "Go away! We're decorating the walls!" She went into the greenhouse, and the gardeners shouted, "Go away, the flowers are supposed to be a surprise!" The princess loved running down to the kitchen for a slice of bread warm from the oven, with honey. The servants were always glad to see her, because she was kind to everyone, but today they said, "Go away! For heaven's sake, you might have seen your birthday cake!" Everywhere the princess went, people said, "Go away. It's a surprise!"
The king and queen had driven off in their carriage to find a small, golden puppy they were going to give her. At last, the princess was so bored, that she decided to explore some parts of the castle where she had never been. She looked in dusty rooms and along hallways with creaky floorboards. Suddenly, she came to a narrow, winding staircase that she had never seen before. "I wonder where that leads," she thought. (In the back: sarcastically "I wonder where that leads" 'jeez, doesn't she know that curiosity kills the cat?' Rei. And Mina glares at her) She climbed the stairs and cobwebs brushed against her golden hair. (In the back: 'Eww! Spiders!' Usa)
At the top of the stairs was a thick, wooden door, and from behind it came singing and a strange, whirring noise. The princess opened the door and went in. A little old woman was sitting at a spinning wheel, singing and holding something pink and fluffy. Her spindle moved as fast as the wind, its point catching light from the window. "What are you doing?" asked the princess. "I'm spinning some fine pink silk," said the woman. "Oh, how clever!" said the princess, watching the spindle going backward sand forwards. "What a clever machine. Can I try?" She reached out her hand. As soon as she touched the spindle, she pricked her finger and fell on to the pile of silk in a deep, deep sleep.
The sleep spread over the castle like molasses. (A/N: I learned what molasses was from this story.:D) The king and queen, who had just come home, fell asleep with its head under its front paws. The men and women of the court fell asleep where they sat, their drinks at their elbows.
The wind dropped, and the flags on the turrets stopped fluttering. It was as if the whole castle held its breath. A thick hedge of sharp thorns began to grow all around the castle walls. Every year it grew some more, until the whole castle was hidden, even to the tip of its highest flagpole.
*~*~*~*
One bright young morning, a handsome young prince came riding into the kingdom. "Where is the magic castle with the beautiful princess?" he asked. "My grandfather has told me all about her, and I am here to rescue her." Everyone laughed at him. "We have heard that story, too," they said. "There have been other princes who have come here. They have tried to cut their way through the hedge, but they have all been trapped in the thorns and left to die."
One of the good fairies heard that the prince had arrived in the kingdom, and was asking everyone where the castle was. She was very worried, because the hundred years would not be over until the next day. She knew that if the prince tried to cut through the hedge he, too, would be trapped in the sharp thorns. So, the good fairy thought of a plan that would slow down the prince's journey, and also let her know if he was as good as he was handsome.
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The prince was riding along a road when he came upon an old man trying to cut down a tree. He was huffing and puffing (A/N: and trying to blow the tree down. Lolz.) and could hardly swing his axe. The prince got off his horse and tied it to a tree. "Can I be of help, old man?" he called, striding over. "My fire has gone out and I am too old and weak to cut any wood," said the old man, who was really the fairy in disguise. "Stand aside!" said the prince, and he took the axe and cut down the tree. Then he chopped it into firewood and stacked it in front of the old man's cottage. "Thank you," said the old man. "Good luck will follow your kindness." "I hope so," said the prince. "I am looking for the castle with the sleeping princess," and he rode on his way.
Next, the fairy turned herself into a cat and jumped down to the bottom of an empty well. The prince was riding along; when he suddenly felt so tired that he got off his horse and sat down to rest beside the well. He took some bread and cheese out of his saddlebag, and had just begun to eat when he heard a faint, mewing noise. He looked all around, but could see nothing. At last, he traced the sound to the old well. Looking over the rim, he saw a black and white cat, looking very sorry for itself, at the bottom of the well. "If I leave it there, it will surely starve to death," he said. The prince looked around for some rope, but could see none. In the field beside him, there grew some long, tough grass. The prince cut a good bunch of it with his sword, and braided them into a rope. Then he tied the rope to the end of his horse's tail and backed the horse up to the edge of the well. He dropped the rope down until it reached the bottom and called down, "Grab onto the grass with your claws, little cat, and hold on tight. We'll soon have you out." The cat gripped the grass rope, the prince led the horse forward from the well, and the cat was pulled up. "There we are," he said, setting it free. The cat purred, and the prince could almost have sworn that it said, "Good luck."
The prince rode on. There was still no sign of the hedge of thorns, and he could see no one to ask. Suddenly, in front of him on the road, he saw an old woman, struggling with a huge heavy bundle. "Can I help you?" called down the prince from his horse. "I have to get my bundle home before nightfall," said the old woman, "but it seems to growing heavier at every step." "Do you live near here?" asked the prince. "I live at the very end of that path, in the middle of nowhere," she said, pointing down the dusty lane. It was surely out of the prince's way, but he said, "Come up behind me on my good horse, and I will speed you home." He reached down and helped her up. Then he hoisted (A/N lolz, hoisted, that's such a funny word! Lolz, sry) the bundle up in front of him and set forth, and at every stride the horse took, the weight of the old woman and the bundle seemed to grow lighter and lighter. (A/N: In the pic here, she's looking at him with something like adoration, and it looks so creepy.) At last they reached her old, rundown cottage, just as night was falling.
"I am looking for the hedge of thorns, and the castle with the beautiful, sleeping princess," explained the prince as he helped the old woman dismount from his horse. "Stay here tonight," said the old woman. "You can't travel in the dark. I'm afraid I can only give you a mattress on the floor and some stew." The prince was not proud, but he stayed the night anyways. He was surprised to find that the stew was the best food he had ever tasted, and the mattress felt as soft as a feather bed.
*~*~*~*
In the morning, the old woman, who was, of course, the fairy, thanked him. (A/N: There are so many commas in this sentence!!) "Turn right at the end of the path," she told him. "Good luck will follow your kindness."
The prince did as she said, and there, right in front of him, rose a thick hedge of thorns. "How strange," he thought. "I'm sure I would have noticed this yesterday (A/N: Ha! That's what *you* think! Lolz, ill stop now)." At that very moment, the hundred years had just finished. He rode on his horse to the hedge of thorns and as he trotted up, it burst into blossom before his very eyes. A path opened up in the hedge and he was able to rife through, the blossom waving all around him. At last he had found the castle.
The prince got off his horse and marched up to the castle. In the yard, he saw horses sleeping standing up and cats curled up like fat, soft cushions. In the hall he found the king and queen, fast asleep on the floor beside the puppy. He explored some more and found all the men and women of the court slumped in their chairs, fast asleep. He clattered, in his silver spurs, down to the kitchens. There was the cook fast asleep with her mouth open and the kitchen boy sleeping with a worried look on his face. A kitchen maid was sitting; sound asleep, holding a chicken that was half- plucked.
The prince looked in all the bedrooms but, of course, they were empty because it was morning when the sleep had crept over the entire castle. "I will search every corner until I find the princess!" he said, and his voice echoed from the silent, stone walls - the first sound in a hundred years. (A/N guess they aren't counting the clinking of his spurs... lolz, sry) At last the prince found the winding staircase that led to the highest turret. He climbed it and pushed open the creaky, heavy door. Inside lay the princess, beautiful as ever, with a slight smile on her lips as if she were dreaming. The prince, who had never seen anything as lovely, did not stop to think. He kneeled down beside her and kissed her gently. At the touch of his lips, the princess woke up, stretched her arms above her head, and smiled at him.
"I've had such a lovely long sleep," she said, "I wouldn't be surprised if it was nearly dinner time. Shall we go and see?" The prince and princess went downstairs hand in hand, and found the king and queen waking up. The puppy woke up and began to bark. The people at court woke up and finished their drinks. The cook woke up and scolded the kitchen boy. The fire leapt up again and the meat turned on its spit. The kitchen maid woke up and continued plucking the chicken. Out in the yard the horses woke up and shook their manes. The grooms woke up and the cats woke and stretched. The flies crawled up the walls and the spiders scurried in corners. The princess led the prince down to meet her parents. "Happy birthday!" they said to her. The princess held out the prince's hand. "I have had the loveliest dream," she said, "and look at the wonderful birthday present I woke up to find!"
The castle door opened, and there stood the old woman the prince had helped the day before. "What are you doing here?" he asked. At that moment, the old woman changed back into the good fairy and said, "The hundred years are up. The spell is broken!" The king and queen gasped with joy and when the prince asked if he could marry their daughter, they agreed at once. "Instead of a birthday party, we will have a wedding!" they said happily.
As word spread through the castle that the spell was broken, everyone began to dance wildly with one another and cheer. But the prince looked into the princess's lovely eyes and said joyfully, "For us, the magic is only beginning."'" Mina sighed and snuggled closer to Duo.
"You know what I can't understand?" Ami said. Everyone looked questionably at her. "Is why they didn't just destroy all of them at once, except one, and then show it to her when she gets older, tell her not to touch it, and explain to her why, so she doesn't feel the need to disobey her parents or something."
"Ami?" asked Rei.
"Yes, Rei?"
But it was Mako who answered with a smirk. "You think too into these things."
After everyone had a good laugh, Quatre asked, "So who's is next?"
"Let's see" said Duo, and he flipped the page. "It's all yours Rei."
"Ok, but my princess isn't really shown in here much.the male is the main character."
"That's alright, Rei. It's still a good story." Reassured Mina.
"Ok, pass it over."
Mina had Duo help her pass it over to Heero and Mako, and they passed it to Rei and Wufei. Rei got comfortable with the book in her lap, and flipped the page.
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RubyRedDragon05: Lolz, yeah, that's the version that most people have, and I warned you that this was not the Disney version! You know what? You guessed them all right! It wasn't really all the hard, but. I dunno, I forgot what I was going to say ^_^; Updated!
Zaeria: Well, you were right about the Sleeping Beauty part, but I already told you that this is NOT AT ALL like the Disney versions! Skool is getting better! Updated!
Archangela: You are in luck! It is. was, Sleeping Beauty! Lolz! You know what? There is absolutely *no* Little Mermaid in this book! I was so shocked! And, I am *not* going to do any Disney versions! And I would never have one of these fairy tales have a sad ending!
Tigeress Moon: Well, you were right. It was Sleeping Beauty. Lolz, I'm just so giddy today, for some reason!
Rose: All right! I've updated! Lolz, and you were right!
Ceso: Here is Mina's! Next is Rei's! Of course I was happy typing! Lolz! Thanks!
SailorStar9: I'm glad you think that it's cute, but Ami's won't be until the very end! I'm sorry! I'm just going in the order that I flip the pages.
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Tenshi-Hotaru: Hey guys! Know what? I'm thinking of changing my login name. whaddya think? Should I or shouldn't I? Ok, I'm gonna start a little poll, I said there was eight stories in this book, but this is mainly about the scouts, but should I have the other three stories in here as well? The stories are: Red Riding Hood, I love the pictures on this one, and the plot- thing, cause its different, and it's probably my fave in the whole book. - Jungle Book, it's got great pics, but Mowgli is naked, but it's always covered up. With fire, with branches, with monkeys. *grins* and then there's - Peter Pan, this one is interesting. but I can't remember all that well.. I'll have to read it again. well, give me your opinions! Ja!
Chapter 3
"Alright!" Mina flipped the page that separated 'Beauty and the Beast' and her own fairytale, and started reading.
"Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by Jenny Press. 'Many years ago, a king and queen lived in a large and magnificent white castle which had many tall towers and turrets. The king and queen had almost everything they could wish for, but still they were not happy. The one thing they wished for the most, they could not have and that was a child of their own. "How I wish we had a prince or princess to play hide and seek with among the apple trees," they sighed in the spring. "Wouldn't it be lovely to have a child to build a snowman for?" they said in the winter.
One summer day the queen was soaking in her large silver bathtub, which was beside an open window. Suddenly a green frog jumped in through the window and landed with a splash in her bath. "Help!" screamed the queen. But the frog croaked, "Don't be frightened. Before a year is past, a princess will be born who will be as beautiful as I am ugly."
The frog was right. Soon the queen had a princess who was so beautiful that the king cried tears of joy and said, "She was well worth waiting for." The king decided to give a huge feast for all his family and friends, to celebrate the baby's birth. "Don't forget to invite the fairies," said the queen. "You know that they can bring magic gifts, and they will bless our princess with luck and happiness."
There were thirteen fairies in the kingdom, but the king only had twelve gold plates. Everyone knew that fairies only ate off of golden plates, so he only sent out twelve invitations. The thirteenth fairy was old and stooped, and the king thought she would be glad to rest at home. "We will send her some cake after the feast," he said.
*~*~*~*
The day of the party came, and the palace cooks prepared a wonderful feast with heaps and heaps of chickens and hams and mountains of roast potatoes. The pastry chef baked a huge cake with pink icing'" she said.
"Ooooh! Just think of all that food!" Usa said, while a dreamy expression appeared on her face.
"Yeah!" added Duo. "All that food for a single birth! If we ever got that much food, it would be for all our birthdays put together!" And he started drooling.
"Hey Duo! I'm kind of in front of you right now! I don't want your drool in my hair! Or my bow!" Mina said.
"Whoops! Sorry. Continue with the story." Duo stopped drooling, wiped his mouth and chin, and laid his chin on Mina's head.
"Alright. 'After everyone had eaten, the fairies went up, one by one, to the princess's cradle to give her their presents. "I give her the gift of laughter," said one, "so that she will never be sad for long." "I give her the gift of a lovely voice," said another, "so that when she speaks, it will sound like music." "I give her the gift of goodness," said a sensible-looking fairy, "so that she will not be loved for her beauty alone."'"
"Oh my god! I just realized how much this was like Mina! I mean, she's always happy. well kind of like me, but almost more so, and she loves to sing, and is good at it, and she's so nice!" said Usa. There were murmurs of assent from the other girls and Duo laughed and gave Mina a hug from behind. "All the better for her to sing me to sleep!" he said, and everyone laughed, save for Trowa and Heero, who only smirked.
"Can I finish this? Ok. 'Eleven fairies had given their presents, and the king and queen were glowing with pride, when suddenly the doors of the banquet hall flew open and everyone gasped.
Suddenly, into the room hobbled the oldest fairy, dressed in a black cloak, and shuffling along with the help of a cane. "So you didn't bother to ask me?" she cackled bitterly, "Well, I came anyway. And of course I too have brought the princess a magic gift." Then, the oldest fairy hobbled over to the cradle and pointed a long bony finger down at the baby. "When you are sixteen," she cursed, "you will prick your finger on a spindle and fall down dead!" Then she turned, and before anyone could speak, she was gone from the room. All the guests were speechless with shock, and the queen burst into tears.
But everyone had forgotten the twelfth fairy. She had not yet made her gift, and now she stepped forward. "I can't wipe out another fairy's magic spell," she said, and the queen sobbed more loudly, (A/N: when I read this, I get a mental image of someone lying on the ground just wailing, and it seems really comical, but the picture just looks like she's sobbing softly. o well :D) "but I can help a little. The princess will prick her finger on a spindle, but instead of dying, she will fall into a deep sleep that will last for a hundred years."
The king did everything he could to try and escape the curse on his beloved daughter. He made a law that all spindles were banned from his kingdom, and they were all gathered up and thrown on a huge bonfire. Posters were stuck everywhere warning that anyone found with a spindle would spend the rest of their days locked in the deepest dungeon in the king's castle. The princess grew up to be beautiful, happy and good, and the king and queen tried to forget about the terrible curse.
*~*~*~*
On the princess's sixteenth birthday, everyone was busy preparing for her party. She looked into the ballroom, and the maids screeched, "Go away! We're decorating the walls!" She went into the greenhouse, and the gardeners shouted, "Go away, the flowers are supposed to be a surprise!" The princess loved running down to the kitchen for a slice of bread warm from the oven, with honey. The servants were always glad to see her, because she was kind to everyone, but today they said, "Go away! For heaven's sake, you might have seen your birthday cake!" Everywhere the princess went, people said, "Go away. It's a surprise!"
The king and queen had driven off in their carriage to find a small, golden puppy they were going to give her. At last, the princess was so bored, that she decided to explore some parts of the castle where she had never been. She looked in dusty rooms and along hallways with creaky floorboards. Suddenly, she came to a narrow, winding staircase that she had never seen before. "I wonder where that leads," she thought. (In the back: sarcastically "I wonder where that leads" 'jeez, doesn't she know that curiosity kills the cat?' Rei. And Mina glares at her) She climbed the stairs and cobwebs brushed against her golden hair. (In the back: 'Eww! Spiders!' Usa)
At the top of the stairs was a thick, wooden door, and from behind it came singing and a strange, whirring noise. The princess opened the door and went in. A little old woman was sitting at a spinning wheel, singing and holding something pink and fluffy. Her spindle moved as fast as the wind, its point catching light from the window. "What are you doing?" asked the princess. "I'm spinning some fine pink silk," said the woman. "Oh, how clever!" said the princess, watching the spindle going backward sand forwards. "What a clever machine. Can I try?" She reached out her hand. As soon as she touched the spindle, she pricked her finger and fell on to the pile of silk in a deep, deep sleep.
The sleep spread over the castle like molasses. (A/N: I learned what molasses was from this story.:D) The king and queen, who had just come home, fell asleep with its head under its front paws. The men and women of the court fell asleep where they sat, their drinks at their elbows.
The wind dropped, and the flags on the turrets stopped fluttering. It was as if the whole castle held its breath. A thick hedge of sharp thorns began to grow all around the castle walls. Every year it grew some more, until the whole castle was hidden, even to the tip of its highest flagpole.
*~*~*~*
One bright young morning, a handsome young prince came riding into the kingdom. "Where is the magic castle with the beautiful princess?" he asked. "My grandfather has told me all about her, and I am here to rescue her." Everyone laughed at him. "We have heard that story, too," they said. "There have been other princes who have come here. They have tried to cut their way through the hedge, but they have all been trapped in the thorns and left to die."
One of the good fairies heard that the prince had arrived in the kingdom, and was asking everyone where the castle was. She was very worried, because the hundred years would not be over until the next day. She knew that if the prince tried to cut through the hedge he, too, would be trapped in the sharp thorns. So, the good fairy thought of a plan that would slow down the prince's journey, and also let her know if he was as good as he was handsome.
*~*~*~*
The prince was riding along a road when he came upon an old man trying to cut down a tree. He was huffing and puffing (A/N: and trying to blow the tree down. Lolz.) and could hardly swing his axe. The prince got off his horse and tied it to a tree. "Can I be of help, old man?" he called, striding over. "My fire has gone out and I am too old and weak to cut any wood," said the old man, who was really the fairy in disguise. "Stand aside!" said the prince, and he took the axe and cut down the tree. Then he chopped it into firewood and stacked it in front of the old man's cottage. "Thank you," said the old man. "Good luck will follow your kindness." "I hope so," said the prince. "I am looking for the castle with the sleeping princess," and he rode on his way.
Next, the fairy turned herself into a cat and jumped down to the bottom of an empty well. The prince was riding along; when he suddenly felt so tired that he got off his horse and sat down to rest beside the well. He took some bread and cheese out of his saddlebag, and had just begun to eat when he heard a faint, mewing noise. He looked all around, but could see nothing. At last, he traced the sound to the old well. Looking over the rim, he saw a black and white cat, looking very sorry for itself, at the bottom of the well. "If I leave it there, it will surely starve to death," he said. The prince looked around for some rope, but could see none. In the field beside him, there grew some long, tough grass. The prince cut a good bunch of it with his sword, and braided them into a rope. Then he tied the rope to the end of his horse's tail and backed the horse up to the edge of the well. He dropped the rope down until it reached the bottom and called down, "Grab onto the grass with your claws, little cat, and hold on tight. We'll soon have you out." The cat gripped the grass rope, the prince led the horse forward from the well, and the cat was pulled up. "There we are," he said, setting it free. The cat purred, and the prince could almost have sworn that it said, "Good luck."
The prince rode on. There was still no sign of the hedge of thorns, and he could see no one to ask. Suddenly, in front of him on the road, he saw an old woman, struggling with a huge heavy bundle. "Can I help you?" called down the prince from his horse. "I have to get my bundle home before nightfall," said the old woman, "but it seems to growing heavier at every step." "Do you live near here?" asked the prince. "I live at the very end of that path, in the middle of nowhere," she said, pointing down the dusty lane. It was surely out of the prince's way, but he said, "Come up behind me on my good horse, and I will speed you home." He reached down and helped her up. Then he hoisted (A/N lolz, hoisted, that's such a funny word! Lolz, sry) the bundle up in front of him and set forth, and at every stride the horse took, the weight of the old woman and the bundle seemed to grow lighter and lighter. (A/N: In the pic here, she's looking at him with something like adoration, and it looks so creepy.) At last they reached her old, rundown cottage, just as night was falling.
"I am looking for the hedge of thorns, and the castle with the beautiful, sleeping princess," explained the prince as he helped the old woman dismount from his horse. "Stay here tonight," said the old woman. "You can't travel in the dark. I'm afraid I can only give you a mattress on the floor and some stew." The prince was not proud, but he stayed the night anyways. He was surprised to find that the stew was the best food he had ever tasted, and the mattress felt as soft as a feather bed.
*~*~*~*
In the morning, the old woman, who was, of course, the fairy, thanked him. (A/N: There are so many commas in this sentence!!) "Turn right at the end of the path," she told him. "Good luck will follow your kindness."
The prince did as she said, and there, right in front of him, rose a thick hedge of thorns. "How strange," he thought. "I'm sure I would have noticed this yesterday (A/N: Ha! That's what *you* think! Lolz, ill stop now)." At that very moment, the hundred years had just finished. He rode on his horse to the hedge of thorns and as he trotted up, it burst into blossom before his very eyes. A path opened up in the hedge and he was able to rife through, the blossom waving all around him. At last he had found the castle.
The prince got off his horse and marched up to the castle. In the yard, he saw horses sleeping standing up and cats curled up like fat, soft cushions. In the hall he found the king and queen, fast asleep on the floor beside the puppy. He explored some more and found all the men and women of the court slumped in their chairs, fast asleep. He clattered, in his silver spurs, down to the kitchens. There was the cook fast asleep with her mouth open and the kitchen boy sleeping with a worried look on his face. A kitchen maid was sitting; sound asleep, holding a chicken that was half- plucked.
The prince looked in all the bedrooms but, of course, they were empty because it was morning when the sleep had crept over the entire castle. "I will search every corner until I find the princess!" he said, and his voice echoed from the silent, stone walls - the first sound in a hundred years. (A/N guess they aren't counting the clinking of his spurs... lolz, sry) At last the prince found the winding staircase that led to the highest turret. He climbed it and pushed open the creaky, heavy door. Inside lay the princess, beautiful as ever, with a slight smile on her lips as if she were dreaming. The prince, who had never seen anything as lovely, did not stop to think. He kneeled down beside her and kissed her gently. At the touch of his lips, the princess woke up, stretched her arms above her head, and smiled at him.
"I've had such a lovely long sleep," she said, "I wouldn't be surprised if it was nearly dinner time. Shall we go and see?" The prince and princess went downstairs hand in hand, and found the king and queen waking up. The puppy woke up and began to bark. The people at court woke up and finished their drinks. The cook woke up and scolded the kitchen boy. The fire leapt up again and the meat turned on its spit. The kitchen maid woke up and continued plucking the chicken. Out in the yard the horses woke up and shook their manes. The grooms woke up and the cats woke and stretched. The flies crawled up the walls and the spiders scurried in corners. The princess led the prince down to meet her parents. "Happy birthday!" they said to her. The princess held out the prince's hand. "I have had the loveliest dream," she said, "and look at the wonderful birthday present I woke up to find!"
The castle door opened, and there stood the old woman the prince had helped the day before. "What are you doing here?" he asked. At that moment, the old woman changed back into the good fairy and said, "The hundred years are up. The spell is broken!" The king and queen gasped with joy and when the prince asked if he could marry their daughter, they agreed at once. "Instead of a birthday party, we will have a wedding!" they said happily.
As word spread through the castle that the spell was broken, everyone began to dance wildly with one another and cheer. But the prince looked into the princess's lovely eyes and said joyfully, "For us, the magic is only beginning."'" Mina sighed and snuggled closer to Duo.
"You know what I can't understand?" Ami said. Everyone looked questionably at her. "Is why they didn't just destroy all of them at once, except one, and then show it to her when she gets older, tell her not to touch it, and explain to her why, so she doesn't feel the need to disobey her parents or something."
"Ami?" asked Rei.
"Yes, Rei?"
But it was Mako who answered with a smirk. "You think too into these things."
After everyone had a good laugh, Quatre asked, "So who's is next?"
"Let's see" said Duo, and he flipped the page. "It's all yours Rei."
"Ok, but my princess isn't really shown in here much.the male is the main character."
"That's alright, Rei. It's still a good story." Reassured Mina.
"Ok, pass it over."
Mina had Duo help her pass it over to Heero and Mako, and they passed it to Rei and Wufei. Rei got comfortable with the book in her lap, and flipped the page.
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RubyRedDragon05: Lolz, yeah, that's the version that most people have, and I warned you that this was not the Disney version! You know what? You guessed them all right! It wasn't really all the hard, but. I dunno, I forgot what I was going to say ^_^; Updated!
Zaeria: Well, you were right about the Sleeping Beauty part, but I already told you that this is NOT AT ALL like the Disney versions! Skool is getting better! Updated!
Archangela: You are in luck! It is. was, Sleeping Beauty! Lolz! You know what? There is absolutely *no* Little Mermaid in this book! I was so shocked! And, I am *not* going to do any Disney versions! And I would never have one of these fairy tales have a sad ending!
Tigeress Moon: Well, you were right. It was Sleeping Beauty. Lolz, I'm just so giddy today, for some reason!
Rose: All right! I've updated! Lolz, and you were right!
Ceso: Here is Mina's! Next is Rei's! Of course I was happy typing! Lolz! Thanks!
SailorStar9: I'm glad you think that it's cute, but Ami's won't be until the very end! I'm sorry! I'm just going in the order that I flip the pages.
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Tenshi-Hotaru: Hey guys! Know what? I'm thinking of changing my login name. whaddya think? Should I or shouldn't I? Ok, I'm gonna start a little poll, I said there was eight stories in this book, but this is mainly about the scouts, but should I have the other three stories in here as well? The stories are: Red Riding Hood, I love the pictures on this one, and the plot- thing, cause its different, and it's probably my fave in the whole book. - Jungle Book, it's got great pics, but Mowgli is naked, but it's always covered up. With fire, with branches, with monkeys. *grins* and then there's - Peter Pan, this one is interesting. but I can't remember all that well.. I'll have to read it again. well, give me your opinions! Ja!