The Evil Prophecy

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In a whimsical room, an elderly woman spins at a wheel, sharing a story with a young girl. A raven perches nearby, while a white cat and a tabby watch curiously from their cozy spots.
In reference to the Brother Grimm's "Sleeping Beauty" -

(...) "It happened one day, she being already fifteen years old, that the king and queen rode abroad, and the maiden was left behind alone in the castle. She wandered about into all the nooks and corners, and into all the chambers and parlors, as the fancy took her, till at last she came to an old tower. She climbed the narrow winding stair which led to a little door, with a rusty key sticking out of the lock. She turned the key, and the door opened, and there in the little room sat an old woman with a spindle, diligently spinning her flax.

"What are you doing?“ asked the maiden princess – "I am spinning,“ answered the old woman, nodding her head. "What thing is that that twists round so briskly?“ asked the maiden, and taking the spindle into her hand she began to spin; but no sooner had she touched it than the evil prophecy was fulfilled, and she pricked her finger with it. In that very moment she fell back upon the bed that stood there, and lay in a deep sleep. ~~