"Once Upon A Dream" - Sleeping BeautyHow funny it is that even after all these years and how far we've come with animation, this classic Disney cartoon still grabs me. Yes, I know it's silly, but it's a silly I grew up with and can't help but fall for...
I know the story is so far fetched: a 16 year old girl (that looks more like a 21 year old) with gold of sunshine in her hair and lips that would shame the red, red rose sings high up in the mountain tops and suddenly attracts the man of her dreams; her soul mate! (who by golly is the prince that she has been betrothed to since she was a baby!). Unbelievable.
So it's all fairytale crap, but so what? I'm not into it because of the romance! To tell you the truth, I don't even like Aurora all that much, the spoiled lil' brat. I mean, she's beautiful in EVERY way, finds out she's a princess and is going to marry into royalty on top of her royalty! I can't really sympathize...
Seriously, the reason why this is one of my all time favorite Disney princess cartoons is because I adore the 3 good fairies: Flora, Fauna, and of course Merryweather (aka: Ate, Bea, and lil' ol' me). Their "tea time" and how they bake a cake, make a dress, and make it pink or blue reminds me of my 2 sisters and I just know they know that I know...you just have to be us to really know. We can quote the entire movie, line by line like:
- Merryweather (stuck in a pink disastrous dress in the making): "It looks awful!"
- Flora (as she continues tailoring it): "That's because it's on you dear."
Or even say a phrase like fat, ol' pop toad and know precisely when it was said and by whom. And honestly, as different as our minds are from each other it's amazing to me how we follow the same wave length almost exactly spot on. Guess you can say they are my soul mates.
Lyrics:
I know you
I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you
The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
Yes, I know it's true
that visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once
the way you did once upon a dream
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