Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Barbara Jo Allen: Fauna
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Quotes
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Merryweather : I'd like to turn her into a fat ol' - hop toad.
Fauna : Now, dear, that isn't a very nice thing to say.
Flora : Besides, we can't. You know our magic doesn't work that way.
Fauna : It can only do good, dear, to bring joy and happiness.
Merryweather : Well, *that* would make me happy.
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Maleficent : Listen well, all of you.
[clangs her scepter against the floor]
Maleficent : The princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty, beloved by all who know her. *But*... before the sun sets on her 16th birthday, she shall prick her finger - on the spindle of a spinning wheel - and DIE!
Queen Leah : [clutching the baby Aurora] Oh no!
[Maleficent laughs]
King Stefan : Seize that creature!
Maleficent : Stand back, you fools!
[laughing, she disappears in a burst of green fire]
Flora : Don't despair, Your Majesties. Merryweather still has *her* gift to give.
King Stefan : Then, she can undo this fearful curse?
Merryweather : Oh no, sire.
Flora : Maleficent's powers are far too great.
Fauna : But she can help.
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Fauna : Maleficent doesn't know anything about love, or kindness, or the joy of helping others. You know, sometimes I don't think she's really very happy.
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Fauna : Now, yeast, one tsp. Tsp?
Merryweather : One *teaspoon*.
Fauna : One teaspoon, of course!
[chuckles]
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Fauna : She's in love!
Merryweather : Oh, no!
Flora : This is terrible!
Princess Aurora : Why? After all, I am sixteen.
Flora : It isn't that, dear.
Fauna : You're already betrothed.
Princess Aurora : Betrothed?
Merryweather : Since the day you were born.
Fauna : To Prince Phillip, dear.
Princess Aurora : But that's impossible. How could I marry a prince? I'd have to be...
Merryweather : A princess.
Fauna : And you are, dear.
Flora : Princess Aurora. Tonight we're taking you back to your father, King Stefan.
Princess Aurora : But... but I can't! He's coming here tonight. I promised to meet him.
Flora : I'm sorry, child. But you must never see that young man again.
Princess Aurora : Oh no. No! I can't believe it, no! No!
[she runs to her room, sobbing]
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[last lines]
Flora : Why Fauna, what's the matter, dear?
Fauna : [weeping] Oh... I just love happy endings.
Flora : Yes. I do too...
[Flora notices the wrong color on Aurora's dress during the dance]
Flora : [gasps] *Blue*!
[Flora grabs her wand and reverts the dress to the color she wanted it to be]
Flora : Pink.
[Merryweather soon notices the change as she and Flora start fighting over their prefered colors]
Merryweather : [waves her wand] Blue.
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Flora : I'll turn her into a flower.
Merryweather : Maleficent?
Flora : [chuckles] No, no, dear. The princess.
Fauna : Oh, she'd make a lovely flower.
Flora : [enthusiastically] Don't you see? A flower can't prick its finger.
Merryweather : It hasn't any.
Fauna : That's right.
Flora : She'll be perfectly safe.
Merryweather : Until Maleficent sends a frost.
Flora : [laughs, then stops abruptly] Yes... oh dear.
Fauna : She always ruins your nicest flowers.
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[Fauna finishes lighting the candles on Aurora's birthday cake and it begins to fall over]
Fauna : Well, what do you think of it?
Flora : Why, it... it's a very unusual cake, isn't it?
Fauna : Yes... of course, it will be much stiffer after it's baked.
Flora : Of course, dear. Well, what do you think of the dress?
[Aurora's dress which Merryweather is wearing is revealed to be in worse shape than the cake]
Fauna : Well, uh, it's... it's not exactly the way it is in the book, is it...?
Flora : Oh, I improved it. But perhaps if I added a few more ruffles... eh, what do you think?
Fauna : Um, I think so. What do you think, Merryweather?
Merryweather : I think we've had *enough* of this nonsense! I think we ought to think of Rose, and what *she'll* think of this mess!
[stalks off and the dress falls apart]
Merryweather : I still think what I thunk before: I'm going to get those wands.
[exits]
Fauna : You know, I think she's right.
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[preparing for Aurora's birthday party]
Merryweather : But, I never baked a *fancy* cake.
Flora : Oh, you won't have to, dear!
Fauna : [gleefully] *I'm* going to bake the cake!
Merryweather : *You*?
Flora : Oh, she's always wanted to, dear, and this is her last chance.
Merryweather : [doubtfully] Well...
Fauna : I'm going to make it 15 layers with pink and blue forget-me-nots.
Fauna : And *I'm* making the dress.
Merryweather : But you can't sew! And she's *never* cooked!
Flora : Oh-ho-ho, it's simple.
Fauna : All you do is follow the book!
Flora : [putting Merryweather on a stool] Up here, dear. You can be the dummy.
Merryweather : Well, I still say we oughta use magic.
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[after the fairies place the sleeping Aurora on the bed in the highest castle tower]
Fauna : [sadly] Poor King Stefan and the Queen.
Merryweather : They'll be heartbroken when they find out.
Flora : [wiping away a tear] They're not going to.
Merryweather : They aren't? But...
Flora : We'll put them *all* to sleep, until Rose awakens.
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Fauna : Rose!
Flora : Rose!
Merryweather : Don't touch...
Fauna , Flora , Merryweather : ANYTHING!
[their voices echo; Aurora pulls her hand away from the glowing spindle for a moment]
Maleficent : Touch the spindle. Touch it, I say!
[Aurora pricks her finger on the spindle; the fairies enter the room, but gasp when they see Maleficent]
Maleficent : You poor, simple fools. Thinking you could defeat me. *Me*, the mistress of all evil! Well, here's your precious *princess*!
[she pulls her cape back to reveal Aurora collapsed in sleep; laughing, she disappears]
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[the fairies rush to the cottage to find Phillip's hat on the floor]
Flora , Merryweather , Fauna : Maleficent!
Merryweather : She's got Prince Phillip!
Flora : At the Forbidden Mountain.
Fauna : But we can't, we can't go there!
Flora : We can, and we must!
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Princess Aurora : [on her return from picking berries] Aunt Flora? Fauna? Merrywether?
[closes the door, but finds the house silent]
Princess Aurora : Where is everybody?
Princess Aurora : [gasps as she sees her new dress draped over a chair and rushes toward it eagerly] Oh!
Flora , Fauna , Merryweather : [appearing from their hiding place] Surprise! Surprise! Happy Birthday!
Princess Aurora : Oh, you darlings! This is the happiest day of my life! Everything's *so* wonderful!
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Flora : [to Aurora, seating her before a mirror] And now dear, if you'll just sit here. This one last gift, dear child, for thee.
[she, Fauna, and Merryweather magically conjure up a crown]
Flora : The symbol of thy royalty.
[as she ceremoniously places the crown on Aurora's head]
Flora : A crown to wear in grace and beauty; as is thy right, and royal duty.
[Aurora puts her head in her arms and weeps]
Fauna : [comfortingly] Now, dear...
Flora : Come. Let her have a few moments alone.
[they walk out]
Merryweather : It's that boy she met.
Fauna : Whatever are we going to do?
[back in the room, the fire goes out and a hovering green flame appears; Aurora rises, entranced, and begins walking toward it to eerie music]
Merryweather : [irked] Ooh, I don't see why she has to marry any old... *prince*!
Fauna : Now, that's not for us to decide, dear.
[Aurora continues to follow the flame; a doorway appears in the fireplace]
Fauna : [to Flora] Maybe we *should* tell King Stefan about the boy.
Merryweather : Well, why don't we?
Flora : [listening at the door] Listen!
[gasps]
Flora : Maleficent! Rose!
[they rush in]
[they gasp, seeing Aurora step through the doorway in the fireplace]
Fauna : Oh, why did we leave her alone? Rose!
Flora , Fauna , Merryweather : [they rush towards the doorway; it vanishes] Rose!
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Princess Aurora : [Excitedly] Just wait until you meet him!
Fauna : Him?
Merryweather : Rose?
Flora : You've met some stranger?
Princess Aurora : Oh, he's not a stranger. We've met before.
Flora : You have?
Merryweather : Where?
Princess Aurora : Once upon a dream.
[sings and starts dancing with Fauna]
Princess Aurora : I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream...
