“I really felt quite distressed at not receiving an invitation.” – Maleficent Disney’s Sleeping Beauty has amazing characters that tell a story of how one’s destiny and true love can overcome all barriers, including someone’s animosity. King Stefan has incurred the wrath of Maleficent, the mistress of evil, by having excluded her from the christening of young Princess Aurora. Maleficent has cursed the youngster to an endless sleep by the pricking of her finger on a spinning wheel before her sixteenth birthday. Thomas Kinkade Studios is pleased to present Disney Maleficent, the story of Sleeping Beauty from Maleficent’s point of view after Princess Aurora pricks her finger on an enchanted spinning wheel in the castle tower. Maleficent, with The Raven flying to join her, stands triumphantly on a castle turret overlooking King Stefan and King Hubert who have fallen asleep. Flora, Fauna and Merryweather have snuck into Maleficent’s lair in the Forbidden Mountains to free Prince Philip who races to save Aurora, whose kiss can awaken her from the endless sleep.