Charles Perrault

“ To her cries, the king and the queen and all the palace servants soon arrived, and immediately requested the presence of the Fairy that protected the princess, who at that time was at a distance of two thousand leagues. A dwarf, wearing boots that advanced twenty leagues with every step, set off immediately in search of the Fairy; the fairy, riding in a strange car driven by a black young man, showed up
at the palace a few hours later. ”

“ The ogre, upon seeing her diabolic plans frustrated, threw herself in the tank, and the frogs and snakes there ate her in a moment. Such is the fate of bad people that enjoy making good people suffer! ”

“ To prevent the fulfillment of the sad prophecy, the kings prohibited, strictly and under extremely severe penalties, the use of spindles in the entire kingdom, and so notified all of their subjects, by means of edicts and
people that read them in all villages and places. Notwithstanding the effort, when the princess turned sixteen, while roaming though the palace rooms one day she reached an attic inhabited by an old lady, who unaware of the king's edicts was spinning with a spindle. ”