The tale is told as if it's happening once upon a dream: the lovely maiden
meets her handsome prince in the woods. The story has been told many times and
in many ways. But always the maiden finds out that she is a princess-a princess
who has been cursed by a dark fairy to prick her finger on a spindle and fall
into an eternal sleep. Though her three good fairies try to protect her, the
princess succumbs to the curse. But the power of good endures, as her true love
defeats the fire-breathing dragon and awakens the princess with true love's
first kiss. The