In the tradition of The Salmon Princess, an Alaskan adaptation of the
fairy tale Cinderella, Alaska's Sleeping Beauty will delight children
and adults alike. When the queen of the King Salmon Fishery meets a
talking salmon, she is told that a much-wished-for daughter will be
born. At the birth celebration, one of the guests makes the
pronouncement that the girl--named Alyeska--will choke on a salmon bone
and die! But a wise old midwife speaks up to say that the girl will
sleep for a long, long time and wake when her time is right. Even though
the kingdom is built on salmon fishing, all fish is forbidden from the
royal household. Still one day, Alyeska wanders into the woods and
discovers salmon being smoked, and she tastes the forbidden food.