Consider from the perspective of that forgotten fairy godmother, who arrived late to Sleeping Beauty's christening.
So Easy to Displease, Part One by Paula
Gail Benson
To prepare
for an unexpected fairy?
Their
protest that they thought me dead,
Left
them with something horrific to dread --
A
death sentence upon the new baby!
When?
Who knew? Wait and see.
My
spell, once cast, could not be rescinded,
However,
a meddling godmother tried to mend it.
Rather
than death, the kingdom would sleep,
Waiting
for a true love to creep
Through
the brambles and past the slumbering,
To
cure with a kiss the family’s bumbling.
In a
hundred years, they’d awake in joy
To
celebrate the curiosity of an intrepid boy.
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