The Spinning Wheel 2

The Spinning Wheel
Part 2

Jenny

September 2012

 

            Aurora was outside riding her horse, Wings, when she came upon a handsome man picking berries.  He was whistling and swinging a basket in one arm, while picking with the other.  He was a tall man with blond hair, green eyes, and a perfectly wonderful smile.

            Of course he new exactly who this was, the beautiful woman with wonderful features, it was Princess Aurora, but he acted as though he did not know. He smiled at her and said,
           "Hello.  Would you like to join me berry picking?"
            "I don't know."  Aurora said.
            "Oh, come on. It looks as though you could use some fun." 
            "Oh, all right. What's your name?" Aurora asked.

            "Me? My name is Philip, and you?" Philip asked.

            Aurora paused.  Should she tell him and break this potential friendship?  No.  It was not worth it. 

            "My name is Bernicia."

            "Oh?  What are you doing here?" Philip asked.
            "I was just riding through the forest, it helps me think."  Aurora replied.

            "I like riding through the forest as well. I like the animals and the peace here."  Philip said thoughtfully.

            "Philip, we should probably move on to a different bush we've picked most of the berries." Aurora commented.

            Philip looked up at the sun and squinted. "It's about four o'clock by the sun."  He started walking to the next blackberry bush, but Aurora mounted her horse.

            "Goodbye, Philip, I must go."

            "Goodbye, Bernicia." Philip smiled. "Do you want to come back here in say three days?  Same spot,same time?"

            "Why I'd be glad to, I'll meet you then!" Aurora galloped of to the castle, happier then she had ever been before.

            When she arrived at the castle, she went directly to the kitchen.  The cooks bowed and smiled worriedly.  Was she going to throw a fit over the food?  They wondered.

            "Megan, make something new for me. I am bored of always having turkey, beef, and chicken legs every night." Aurora said sweetly.

            "Of course Princess, what do you want?"

            "Make me a surprise!"  Aurora left and went to her room where Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather were waiting for her.

            "Now Aurora, where have you been?" Fauna asked.

            "I was riding through the woods.  What should I wear to the ball tonight?"

            "You should wear this beautiful crimson dress." Fauna said.

            "I think you should wear this green dress." Flora said.

            "Definitely the lavender dress." Merryweather said convincingly.

            "I think I will wear the lavender dress. Thank you Merryweather."  Aurora agreed. She put on the lavender blue dress and twirled around the room.
 

            The meetings with Philip went on, and Aurora's temper got better and better, as she got happier and happier.

            Finally on a happy June day, Aurora asked, "Will you marry me Philip?"

Philip was very much startled, but recovering quickly he replied, "Bernicia, give me a week to decide, please?”

            "Of course, but if you would tell me just two days earlier, it would make a world of difference."

            Aurora was worried.  She was betrothed to a man named Prince Philip, King Henry's son, but she really loved Philip, the man she had been meeting with in the woods.  She was planning on running away with Philip the day before she was to get married.  And then she could be married to him instead.

            Four days passed, but on the fifth day Philip met with her in the forest.

            "Philip! I am so glad you could come.  Will you?" Aurora asked.

            "Yes, I will marry you.  I love you Bernicia, you will be my treasure forever."

            "May I come and live with you, today?"  Aurora asked.

            "No.  You must give your parents some time.  I love you Bernicia! Meet me tomorrow, if you can."  Philip smiled, waved good-bye, and rode off.

            "What am I to do now?" Aurora thought.

            Aurora slowly made her way home, thinking over what she would do.  She finally decided that she would just refuse to marry Prince Philip.

            Everywhere people where bustling around as Aurora entered the courtyard, because tomorrow was supposed to be her wedding.

            In the early morning, before the wedding, Aurora rose and went out to woods.  Philip went was already there.

           "Bernicia, I can not stay long, but I do hope to meet with you again today. Maybe this afternoon?" Philip asked.
            "I'll try, but there is a wedding at my families place, I might not be able to escape." Aurora said.
            "Of course. But I must go now.  I love you!" Philip rode off. His head back, horse flying, and back straight.  He truly was handsome. Aurora ran back to the palace, she new that Philip would not forsake her, and she was happy. 
           It was two o'clock and time for the wedding to proceed.  Aurora, decked in white and purple flowers, was walking down the aisle.  Aurora didn't dare look at her bridegroom, for all she was going to do was turn him down. But finally she dared glance at him, and there straight and tall, was her dear Philip.  Aurora ran down the rest of the aisle, and was caught in strong arms. The Philip whom she loved was the same as the Philip holding her. They were married with the consent of all, and they lived happily ever after.

 

                                                                      The End

The Spinning Wheel

The Spinning Wheel

In the beginning it’s Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty,

but it has an interesting twist as Jenny’s brilliant writing takes over!

September 2012

 

              Long ago there lived a good king named Stefan. For many years King Stefan and his queen wished and wished for a child.

              At last their wish came true. The king and queen named their daughter Aurora.  A great feast was planned to celebrate the birth of the new princess. Everyone in the kingdom came to the feast.

              King Hubert arrived with his son, Prince Phillip. The two kings decided that one day Phillip and Aurora would marry.

              “That way our kingdoms will always be united,” King Hubert told his son.

              Three good fairies came to the feast. Each had a special gift for the princess. Flora waved her wand.

              “I give you the gift of beauty.”

              “My gift shall be the gift of song,” said Fauna.

              “And my gift…”

              Suddenly a blast of wind blew open the castle doors.  A bright flame filled the room.  Then the wicked fairy, Maleficent, appeared from the flame.

              “You did not invite me to the feast, King Stefan.  But I, too, have a gift for the princess.”

              Maleficent pointed at the cradle. “Before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday, the princess will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel.  And she will die!”

              “Seize that creature!” shouted the king.  But Maleficent disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

              Luckily, Merryweather still had her magical gift to give.  The good fairy could not undo the evil spell.  But she could soften it.

              Merryweather waved her wand.

              “Sweet Aurora,” she said,  “Not in death, but just in sleep,

               The fateful prophecy you will keep.

               From this slumber you shall wake,

               When true love’s kiss the spell shall break.”

*** (end of Walt Disney’s version, beginning of Jenny’s)

            "Oh, Merryweather!  You are so clever! Of course, she will grow to love someone and on her sixteenth birthday she will be kissed and the spell will break!" Fauna exclaimed.

            "Oh, but how can we protect the princess on her sixteenth birthday?" Flora asked.

            "I know what we'll do!  We will burn up all the spinning-wheels in the kingdom, and then she'll be safe!"  King Stefan announced proudly.

            "Stefan! You are ridiculous!” Queen Petunia exclaimed. “Then our royal clothing would become all tattered with no new clothes to replace them!  And no spinning-wheels to make them!  No.  I have a different idea.  We will train strong, brave men in the kingdom to find Maleficent and kill her!" Kind Stefan was content. He would do that instead.

            The time passed quickly and Aurora was told never to touch a spinning-wheel. Men were selected, turned into knights, and sent to find Maleficent. All the while Aurora grew. She was truly beautiful. She had a slim figure, with dazzling golden hair, shining sky blue eyes, and the most charming smile.  The only fault in her was her temper.  She would throw a fit if she couldn't eat what she wanted to, when, where, how, and with whom she wanted to, or if she couldn't watch the play she had been ever so much wanting to see.  But other than that she was glorious.  If she chose to she could be everything you could want in a person. The farmers thought that if they could have her as their wife, they would be perfectly happy (for they had never seen her throw a fit).

            But her bad temper began getting worse and worse! All too soon the fateful day of her sixteenth birthday came.

            She was getting ready for her sister’s wedding (she really didn't want to) when suddenly she heard someone say, "Come up-stairs!  I will show you what you want."  Of course, Aurora went up-stairs, and there was Maleficent with a spinning-wheel.

            Impulsively she put her hand out to touch it, but wait, what about all the stories of her great-grandmother, and how she had touched a spinning wheel and had fallen into a deep sleep, and had never wakened (These where made up stories about what might happen to her).

            "Touch it, touch it!" Maleficent urged impatiently.

            "Why?  What will you give me for it?"  Aurora asked haughtily.

            "A man just right for you, and he will love you and care for you always."  Maleficent said trying to think of something Aurora would want.

            "All right. I will touch it if you bring this man to me right afterwards. And I'll send my fairies to make sure you will!"  Aurora said.

            "I promise."  Maleficent slyly smiled.

            Aurora reached out and touched it.  And that was all.  Maleficent had gone against her rules!

            Rule 1: If she promised something to someone, without doing it, she would die.

            Maleficent had had no thought of doing it.  It hadn't even crossed her mind.  So she died. And with her died the curse.

            Aurora was completely and perfectly fine!  The problem was that now the kingdom had a snooty princess and no way to get rid of her! Although Maleficent never intended Aurora to get her perfect man, it just so happened that she did find him.


... to be continued..

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