At the end of the feast, the youngest fairy stepped forward and said
“The princess shall be the most beautiful woman in the world.”
The next
“She shall have a temper as sweet as an angel.”
The third said,
“She shall have a wonderful grace in all she does or says.”
The fourth said,
“She shall sing like a nightingale.”
The fifth said,
“She shall dance like a flower in the wind.”
The sixth said,
“She shall play such music as was never heard on earth.”
Then the old fairy’s turn came. Shaking her head spitefully, she said,
“When the prince is twenty one years old, she shall prick her finger with a spindle, and-she-shall-die!”
