. Household stories from the collection of the bros. Grimm . !THL ^SLEEPING BEAUTY. N times past there lived a king andqueen, who said to each other everyday of their lives, Would that we hada child ! and yet they had none. Butit happened once that when the queenwas bathing, there came a frog out ofthe water, and he squatted on theground, and said to her, Thy wish shall be fulfilled ; before a year has gone by, thou shalt bring a daughter into theworld. And as the frog foretold, so it happened; and the queenbore a daughter so beautiful that the king could not containhimself for joy, and he ord
. Household stories from the collection of the bros. Grimm . !THL ^SLEEPING BEAUTY. N times past there lived a king andqueen, who said to each other everyday of their lives, Would that we hada child ! and yet they had none. Butit happened once that when the queenwas bathing, there came a frog out ofthe water, and he squatted on theground, and said to her, Thy wish shall be fulfilled ; before a year has gone by, thou shalt bring a daughter into theworld. And as the frog foretold, so it happened; and the queenbore a daughter so beautiful that the king could not containhimself for joy, and he ordained a great feast. Not only didhe bid to it his relations, friends, and acquaintances, but alsothe wise women, that they might be kind and favourable tothe child. There were thirteen of them in his kingdom, butas he had only provided twelve golden plates for them toeat from, one of them had to be left out. However, the feastwas celebrated with all splendour; and as it drew to an end,the wise women stood forward to present to the child theirwonderful gifts: one bestowed virtue,
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