文档介绍：睡美人(3)
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Many wanted to go intothe house of the Sleeping Princess; but they could not go through the trees. Sono one came.
Years went by, and thePrincess slept. Many years went by, and men did not know what the house was andwho was in it. The trees grew up; you could not see the house through thetrees. Men went by the trees and did not know that there was a house there.
One day a King rodeinto the forest. His son was with him. The King and his men went far in front,and the King’s son could not find them. He rode on, and he came to a wall oftrees and flowers. He said, “My father has gone through those trees: Iwill go through them and find him.”
As he came to the wallof trees, it opened, and he went through. Then he saw a garden; but all theflowers had grown here and there as they wanted.
He came to a door was open, a man was standing by the door asleep. the King’s son said,“What a lazy man, he sleeps standing!” He went into the house. Mensat at the table, with food in their hands, asleep.
A little boy had beenreading a story: he had fallen asleep with his head on his arms. A woman hadbeen putting on her shoes; she was asleep with one shoe on and one shoe in herhand. An old man sat with pen and paper, asleep; and the dust of years was onhis paper. Near him a woman was asleep with her little child asleep in herarms.
The King’s son wentfrom one room to another. He s