Beauty Sleep
by Cameron Dokey
"Little Princess, lovely as the dawn, well-named Aurore..." With these
seemingly innocent words, the fate of a newborn princess is sealed. For
years the king and queen despaired of ever having a child. When Aurore
arrives, though the entire kingdom celebrates, not all are overjoyed.
They use her christening as an occasion for revenge, and her young
life is overshadowed by a curse of death almost as soon as it has begun.
Those who can, intervene, but evil has a way of holding fast. A sleep
of a hundred years following the pricking of a finger is the best that
can be done.
And so Aurore grows up. Forbidden princesslike tasks of embroidery and
sewing, she explores the great outdoors, reveling in the flora and
fauna that surround her castle home. Then one day she meets
a handsome stranger in an enchanted wood and begins an adventure the
likes of which she never dreamed of.
This is the story of the Sleeping Beauty, here quite awake and given
new voice. Taunted by fate, Aurore soon learns that although she cannot
sidestep her own destiny, love itself is actually the most powerful
magic of all.
Sleeping Beauty
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