Would you wait 100 years to find your true love? The princess in “The Sleeping Beauty” did, and according to the story’s author, Charles Perrault, therein lies the moral of the tale.
And while Perrault, who penned the classic fairy tale in 17th-century France, jokingly admitted he'd never met a woman who could wait that long, he did encourage young people to cultivate faith and patience in matters of the heart.
