Once upon a time in a fertility clinic waiting room far far away Lifeslurper was drawn to a picture book sitting atop of the children’s toy box.
The beautifully illustrated book told the tale of Sleeping Beauty, a princess who at birth was honoured with precious gifts from fairy godmothers. And where one wicked fairy cast an enchantment over the princess deciding how on reaching adulthood, the princess would prick her finger on a spindle and die. Fortunately a good fairy was watching over the princess and commuted her sentence to one hundred years of sleep. From there she would only awake after the kiss of a prince’s son.
Despite a kingdom wide ban on spindles at the age of 16 the princess happens upon one. The eponymous book title should be considered a plot spoiler if ever there was one. So it is not much of a surprise to say that 100 years on the princess is awakened by her prince. As in the stuff of all fairy tales they live happily ever after. They are married and the last page shows the regal couple admiring their offspring. Yes, the princess’s 116 year old eggs managed to produce at least two babes.
Lifeslurper searched everywhere, but alas the contact details for the princess’s fertility clinic were not given.
Exactly what kind of myth was my clinic trying to perpetuate with the inclusion of such reading matter? I may never know the answer to that one. After another fruitless appointment that day we were forced to change clinics and specialists.
Our fairy tale ending is yet to come.
Cool I learnt a new word – eponymous!!! Must see if the DH knows it. He always knows more words than me, so it will be nice to have one up on him!
Oh T2 – you are TOO much! It is a worry, you looking to ME to expand your vocabulary! Flipperty heck!