Which is the most precise and concise way to rewrite this excerpt from "briar rose" by the grimm brothers?
a king and queen once upon a time reigned in a country a great way off, where there were in those days fairies. now this king and queen had plenty of money, and plenty of fine clothes to wear, and plenty of good things to eat and drink, and a coach to ride out in every day: but though they had been married many years they had no children, and this grieved them very much indeed.
a. once upon a time, a king and queen reigned over a country far away. the couple had a lot of money, good clothes, delicious food to eat, and a coach to ride out in every day. but although they had been married for a number of years, they were sad because they didn't have a child.
b. a long time ago, a king and a queen reigned over a country far away where fairies lived. the couple was rich and had good clothes, delicious food to eat, a coach to ride out in every day. but even though they had been married for quite some time, they were sad because they didn't have a child.
c. a king and queen once reigned over a faraway country where fairies lived. the couple had wealth, fine clothes, good food and drink, and a coach for traveling. but after many years of marriage, they were sad because they didn't have a child.
d. in a faraway land with fairies, there reigned a king and a queen. the couple was rich, and had fine clothes, and delicious food and drinks, and a fancy coach to ride out in every day. however, although they had been married for a number of years, they were sad because they didn't have a child yet.