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sleep. The cook stops stirring and goes to sleep. The kitchen boy stops plucking the fowl and goes to sleep. The Bad Fairy waves her wand over them all.

Bad Fairy. Sleep for a hundred years!

She vanishes.

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The Good Fairies (singing).

Where our fairy feet now fall,
Grow thou hedge of roses tall.

Hide from all beneath the skies,

Where the Sleeping Beauty lies.

Boughs grow high, and roots grow deep;
Briers, twine ye close and fast.

Let no one disturb her sleep,
Till a hundred years are past!

ACT III

TIME: One hundred years later

PLACE: The palace. It is at first hidden from sight by a great hedge of roses.

The Prince comes in and looks up.

Prince. Oh, look! How won

derful!

Who ever saw roses as

high as a house? What terrible

thorns! They are big enough to kill a man. I wonder what is on the other side. I'll see if I can get through.

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He draws out his sword and cuts a big hole. He passes through.

Prince. What a beautiful palace! I'd like to stay here for the night.

He knocks.

Prince.

No answer.

nobody lives here.

He goes into the kitchen.

Prince (to the cook).

Good

Maybe

day,

ma'am. I'm a Prince on my travels. May I stay here for the night?

The cook makes no answer.

Prince. Why! She is sound asleep.

He goes into the parlor. He makes a bow to the King and Queen.

Prince.

Your Majesties, I'm a

Prince on my travels. May I stay

here for the night?

They make no answer.

Prince. Why! They are sound

asleep, too.

He goes to the attic. He sees the Princess.

Prince, Oh! Ah! Oh!

He kisses her. The Princess opens her eyes and sits up. The Prince kneels before her. The King awakes and picks up the book. The Queen awakes and fans herself. The cook awakes and boxes the ears of the kitchen boy.

Kitchen Boy.

Ouch!

What do

you box my ears for?

Cook. You lazy boy, you've been

asleep.

Kitchen Boy.

Why, I've been hard

at work all the time!

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