The Disney Happy Ending:
A newborn princess is born to King Stefan and Queen Leah, who they decide to name Aurora, after the dawn. While an infant, she is betrothed to the young Prince Phillip, son of King Hubert, so the two kingdoms will be united. At her christening, the "Three Good Fairies" - Flora, Fauna and Merryweather - arrive to bless her. Unfortunately the wicked fairy Maleficent arrives before Merryweather can give her blessing. Maleficent casts an evil curse on Aurora saying that she will die on her sixteen birthday after touching the spindle of a spinning wheel. Merryweather uses her blessing to weaken the curse, so that Aurora falls asleep rather than die, and won't waken until she is kissed by her true love. King Stefan is afraid of this curse, ordering that all spinning wheels be burned, and Aurora is sent off to live in a cottage in the woods with the Three Good Fairies. Years later, we find the Good Fairies preparing for a surprise party for Aurora (now called Briar-Rose)'s sixteen birthday, but their non-magical attempts result in disaster. They decide to use their wands, resulting in a magical fight between Flora and Merryweather over the color of the dress - which catches Diablo's (Maleficient's raven) attention. Meanwhile, Aurora is out in the forest, when she crosses paths with Prince Phillip, now a handsome young man. They instantly fall in love, not realizing that they already know each other. Aurora returns home only to find out that she is being moved to her parents' castle, resulting in not being able to see Phillip later that evening. Maleficient uses her magic to lure Aurora away up a hidden tower, where she touches the spindle of a spinning wheel - resulting in the curse being complete. The good fairies place Aurora on a bed and place all in the kingdom in a deep ageless sleep until the spell is broken. Upon hearing Hubert muttering in his sleep about Phillip falling in love with a "peasant girl", Flora realizes it's Aurora. The good fairies instantly fly off in search for him, believing him to be waiting at the cottage, only to find out that he was captured by Maleficient's minions and taken back to her castle. The fairies sneak in and free the prince, arming him with the magical Sword of Truth and the Shield of Virtue. Maleficent tries to prevent Phillip from reaching the Princess by putting a large bush of thorns in his way, which he cut through with his sword. Then she transformed into a gigantic fire-breathing dragon, engaging in the fight herself, until the Prince stabbed the sword into her heart, killing her. The Prince climbs to Aurora's chamber, removes the curse with a kiss, and ends up marrying her.
The Original Ending:
The same storyline as portrayed in the Disney film occurs - a princess is born, fairies offer gifts to the child, and a wicked fairy casts a curse on the princess where she will p***k her finger on a spindle to die. Unlike the Disney film, where the Princess will sleep until the true love's kiss, in the original tale, the princess will sleep for a hundred years until the kiss occurs. The King forbades any spinning on a spindle, but all in vain - the Princess (now fifteen or sixteen) comes across an old woman in a tower of the castle, who was spinning. The Princess asked to try the unfamiliar task, resulting in pricking her finger. The good fairy returned putting everyone in the castle to sleep, and a forest of briars around the castle, to shield it from the outside world. Hundred years pass and a prince hears about the story, who decides to brave the wood - which parted at his approach and he enters the castle. He trembles at the princess' beauty, falling on his knees before her, and kisses her - causing the Princess and everyone to wake up.
In the original version of the story, there are two parts. The second part continues from the usual "happily ever after" ending we're familiar with from the Disney film. The Prince and Princess are secretly wed and now have two children - which is kept secret from the Prince's mother, who is from an ogre lineage. During the beginning of a declared war by the Prince on a nearby Emperor, the Ogress Queen Mother sends Aurora and the children to a house secluded in the woods, directing the cook there to prepare the boy for her dinner. The humane cook substituted a lamb for the boy, and later a goat for the girl. The Ogress then demanded for the young Queen to be served; Aurora asked that her throat be slit, so she might join the children she imagined were dead. There was a tearful secret reunion in the cook's little house, while the Queen Mother was satisfied with a hind as a substitute. However, the Ogress Queen discovered the trick and prepared a tub in the courtyard filled with vipers and other noxious creatures. The King ((Prince)) returned in the nick of time and the Ogress, being discovered, threw himself into the pit she prepared. As a result, a happily ever after.
