Rapunzel (2)

Rapunzel (2)

When the sun set, he climbed over the wall.
Then he drew back in terror, for standing before him was the Old Witch.

" How dare you steal my lettuce like a common thief ? " she demanded.
" You shall suffer for your foolhardiness ! "

" Please, spare me ! " he implored.
" My wife saw your lettuce from her window. She had such a desire for it that she would certainly have died if she could not have a taste. "

Then the Witch grew a little less angry.
She said, " if that's so, you may take as much lettuce as you like, but no one condition : you will give me your child when it is born. I will look after it like a mother. "

In his terror, the man agreed.

As soon as the child was born, it was taken away by the Witch.
She named the girl Rapunzel, which is  the name of the lettuce the child's mother so desired.

Rapunzel was the most beautiful child under the sun.
When she was twelve years old, the Witch shut her up in a tower in the middle of a great wood.

The tower had no stairs or doors and only a small window at the very top.
When the Witch wanted to get in, she stood under the window and called out:
" Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair. "

Rapunzel had beautiful, long hair as fine as spun gold.
When she heard the Witch calling, she let her braid of hair fall down and the old Witch climbed up it to the top of the tower.

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