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The Princess In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Prince Of Aurora

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Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there was a princess who was cursed. On her sixteenth birthday, she would prick her finger and fall into a deep sleep, woken only by true love’s kiss. When she was woken, and the kingdom rejoiced. She married the prince, who awoke her, and all was well. Until she met the prince. He was a pig. Rude and selfish, Aurora couldn’t bear to be around him. He couldn’t not even run the kingdom. The prince, Phillip, never addressed the people properly and issued excessive taxes. These taxes went toward his lavish parties, where he drank too much and danced until it was light, or until he passed out. Aurora never joined in these, but she heard the stories and was glad she opted out. One day,
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