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Quotation from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

“There were formerly a king and a queen, who were so sorry that they had no children; so sorry that it cannot be expressed.”

Andrew Lang (spoken by Narrator)

The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood (Lang 1889)

Portrait of Andrew Lang

Opening lack that starts Sleeping Beauty.

Citation: "There were formerly a king and a queen, who were so sorry that they had no children; so sorry that it cannot be expressed." — Andrew Lang, The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood (Lang 1889). (id the-blue-fairy-book-q1)

Portrait: Rumpelstiltskin, Unknown, Public domain.

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