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 shall not be death, but a deep sleep lasting a hundred years, into which your daughter shall fall.’

The King was so anxious to guard his dear child from the

misfortune, that he sent out a command that all the distaffs in the whole kingdom should be burned. As time went on all the promises of the fairies came true. The Princess grew up so beautiful, modest, kind, and clever