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There once lived a king and queen who had no children, which 

made them very sad. Then one clay, to the queen’s delight, 

she found she was going to have a baby. She and the king 

looked forward with great excitement to the day of the 

baby’s birth.

When the time came, a lovely daughter was 

born and they arranged a large party for her 

Christening. As well as lots of other 

guests, they invited twelve fairies, knowing 

they would make wishes for their little 

daughter, the princess.

At the Christening party, the guests and the 

fairies all agreed that the princess was a 

beautiful baby.

One fairy wished on her the gift of 

Happiness, another Beauty, others Health, 

Contentment, Wisdom, Goodness . . . 

Eleven fairies had made their wishes when suddenly the doors 

of the castle flew open and in swept a thirteenth fairy. She 

was furious that she had not been invited to the Christening 

party, and as she looked around a shiver ran down everyone’s 

spine. They could feel she was evil. She waved her wand over 

the baby’s cradle and cast a spell, not a wish.

“On her sixteenth birthday,” she hissed, “the princess will 

prick herself with a spindle.

And she will die.” With that a terrible hush fell over the 

crowd.

Over the years the princess grew into the happiest, 

kindest and most beautiful child anyone had ever seen. 

It seemed as though all the wishes of the first eleven 

fairies had come true. The king and queen decided they 

could prevent the wicked fairy’s spell from working by 

making sure that the princess never saw a spindle.

So they banned all spinning from the land. All the flax 

and wool in their country had to be sent elsewhere to be 

spun. On their daughter’s sixteenth birthday they held a 

party for the princess in their castle. They felt sure this 

would protect her from the danger of finding a spindle 

on her sixteenth birthday.

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