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This book is another version of Sleeping Beauty but it uses mice as characters instead of people. Unlike Sleeping Ugly, this story is very similar to the original version that most people know. The King and Queen mouse had a child and the six guests of honor that came were the fairies of the kingdom. The first five offered the newborn some form of help with life situations and the sixth one was interrupted as the evil fairy mouse flew in. This fairy wished that the newborn will die once she pricks her finger at the age of 15. As soon as the evil fairy left, the last fairy realized she still had a wish to give. She wished that the baby would go into a deep deep sleep right before it was time to prick her finger. This way she wouldn't have to face the evil fairy and her wrongdoings. The Princess mouse did just that, she went into a very deep sleep. It was such a deep sleep that that people from the town tried to wake her she wouldn't budge. As the years went by people started to forget about her. All but one mouse who ended up kissing her to wake her up and eventually married her.
Since this is such a well-illustrated picture book I will make an effort to emphasize the deep blue cover on the inside cover to produce a calm feeling, and also point out how the pictures say more than the words on the page. After that discussion I will ask my students to draw a venn diagram with three circles to show how this version, the Shrek version and the original version all tell relatively the same storyline but are still very different. I may also encourage students to go to see a ballet version of this story in their own time if they are interested in seeing how else this story can be displayed.
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