are you sleeping brother john in different languages

The maiden grew up, adorned with all the gifts of the wise women and she was so lovely, modest, sweet, and kind and clever, that no one who saw her could help loving her. Now the king, being desirous of saving his child even from this misfortune, gave commandment that all the spindles in his kingdom should be burnt up.

Every one was terrified at her saying, when the twelfth came forward, for she had not yet bestowed her gift, and though she could not do away with the evil prophecy, yet she could soften it, so she said: 'The princess shall not die, but fall into a deep sleep for a hundred years.' And when eleven of them had said their say, in came the uninvited thirteenth, burning to revenge herself, and without greeting or respect, she cried with a loud voice: 'In the fifteenth year of her age the princess shall prick herself with a spindle and shall fall down dead.' And without speaking one more word she turned away and left the hall. However, the feast was celebrated with all splendour and as it drew to an end, the wise women stood forward to present to the child their wonderful gifts: one bestowed virtue, one beauty, a third riches, and so on, whatever there is in the world to wish for. There were thirteen of them in his kingdom, but as he had only provided twelve golden plates for them to eat from, one of them had to be left out. Not only did he bid to it his relations, friends, and acquaintances, but also the wise women, that they might be kind and favourable to the child. But it happened once that when the queen was bathing, there came a frog out of the water, and he squatted on the ground, and said to her: 'Thy wish shall be fulfilled before a year has gone by, thou shalt bring a daughter into the world.'Īnd as the frog foretold, so it happened and the queen bore a daughter so beautiful that the king could not contain himself for joy, and he ordained a great feast. In times past there lived a king and queen, who said to each other every day of their lives, 'Would that we had a child!' and yet they had none.

Are you sleeping brother john in different languages