The old tale of Sleeping Beauty might end happily in French or English…

Orson Scott Card
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The old tale of Sleeping Beauty might end happily in French or English, but he was in Russia, and only a fool would want to live through the Russian version of any fairy tale. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2005). Enchantment, p.77, Del Rey
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The old tale of Sleeping Beauty might end happily in French or English, but he was in Russia, and only a fool would want to live through the Russian version of any fairy tale. ✨ Orson Scott Card (2005). Enchantment, p.77, Del Rey

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