One of the first versions of Sleeping Beauty was published by Charles Perrault in 1697. However, he based his story on a tale by Giambattista Basile in 1634, titled Sun, Moon and Talia. A lord has a beautiful daughter, named Talia. He asked many astrologers and sages to tell her about her fate and after a while they concluded that she would be put in great danger because of a splinter of linen. The lord made sure that no flax, hemp or anything of the sort was brought into the house to ensure the safety of his daughter. When Talia was older, she looked out the window and saw an old woman spinning a spindle. Talia had never seen one, and out of curiosity she walked up to the woman and asked if she could stretch the linen. Once she did, a shard of linen went under her nail and she fell dead. The old woman ran away in horror and as soon as the father heard the horrible news, he ran to the corpse and cried in misery. He put her to bed in her best 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 in peace in their old home. After a while, 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 falcon 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 he would retrieve the bird himself and climbed the walls. When he jumped out the window, he saw the prettiest 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 made a huge fire in the courtyard so that Talia could be thrown into it. Saving time, she asked the queen if she could take off her beautiful dress before being burned. With every piece of clothing she took off, she cried and screamed louder. When he returned, the king noticed the screams and saw Talia and the queen near the fire. He demanded an explanation and the queen replied: "You have eaten your own children and now you will watch your mistress burn." » Hearing this, the king asked his servants to throw the queen herself into the fire, along with her secretary. The cook was also to be burned, but he cried out: “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 married Talia..