An untidy hour later, the princess slept again on her father's lap.

He began by talking about that fairy tale in which the princess pricks her finger on a spindle, and then sleeps for a hundred years.

"Even princesses must sleep a little sleep," she said sadly.

The light brightened so that the audience could see the scene clearly: prince and princess sleeping naked beside each other.

Melicard was correct; if the princess did not sleep, she would be useless to him when the siege began.

"but, princess, i'll sleep in the chair and b " sharazad stamped her foot, vexed.

Meanwhile, in that elusive castle, the princess sleeps - and dreams.

The princess, however, did not sleep that night.

Instead of dying, the princess will sleep for a hundred years.

What a good thing, for instance, it was that one princess should sleep for a hundred years!