An early version of Sleeping Beauty was published by Charles Perrault in 1697. However, he based his story on a short story by Giambattista Basile from 1634, entitled Sun, Moon and Thalia Talia. A gentleman had a beautiful daughter, named Talia. He asked many astrologers and sages to tell him her fate and after a while they concluded that she would be put in grave danger by a splinter of flax. The gentleman made sure that no flax, hemp or anything like that was brought into the house to protect his daughter. When Talia was older, she looked out the window and saw an old woman spinning on a spindle. Talia had never seen one and, out of curiosity, approached the woman and asked her if she could hang out the linen. Once she did, a splinter of linen landed under her nail and she dropped dead. The old woman ran away in horror and as soon as her father heard the horrible news, he ran towards the body and cried desperately. He put her to bed in his nicest clothes. He couldn't bear the thought of burying her, so he and his staff moved to his country estate so his daughter could rest peacefully in their old home. After some time, a king went hunting in the forest near Talia's resting place with his servants and a falcon. The bird escaped and flew through one of the windows of the house. The hawk did not respond to the king's calls, so he sent a servant to knock on the door and ask for the bird's return. However, there was no answer at the door and the door itself was locked. The king decided that he would retrieve the bird himself and climbed the walls. When he jumped out the window, he saw the most adorable girl he had ever seen, sleeping in his bed. He couldn't help but desire her and made love... middle of paper... his event. The queen's servants lit a large fire in the courtyard for Thalia to be thrown into. Taking her time, she asked the queen if she could remove her beautiful dress before she was burned. With each piece of clothing she took off, she cried and screamed louder. Upon returning, the king noticed the screams and saw Talia and the queen near the fire. He asked for an explanation, and so the queen said: "You have eaten your children and now you will watch your mistress burn." Hearing this, the king asked his servants to throw the queen herself, along with her secretary, into the fire. The cook was also about to be burned, but he shouted: “Do not reward my loyalty with this horrible punishment, Sire. I saved your children. They are not dead, because I hid them with my wife." The king made the cook a gentleman and gave him a large sum of money and of course he married Talia.