Rapunzel (4)

Rapunzel (4)

When he asked her to marry him, she said, " I will gladly marry you, only how am I to get out of the tower ? "

She thought for a moment and said, " Every time you visit, bring a skein of silk. I will make a ladder. When it is finished, I will climb down and you can take me away on your house. "

The prince visited every evening because the Witch came during the day.

The Witch knew nothing about this until one day Rapunzel, not thinking, asked the Witch, " Why are you so much harder to pull up than the Prince ? He is always with me a moment. "

" Wicked child ! " cried Witch.
" I thought I had hidden you from the whole world, yet you have still managed to trick me. "

She grabbed Rapunzel's beautiful hair and picked up a pair of scissors.
Snip ! Snip !
Off it came.
The beautiful golden plait lay down on the floor.
The Witch was so cruel that she sent Rapunzel to a lonely desert to live in misery.

That evening, the Witch fastened the braid of hair to a hook in the window.
The Prince came and called out :
" Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair. "

The Witch threw the plait down, and the Prince climbed up.

Instead of his dear Rapunzel. he found the old Witch, laughing mockingly, " Ha ha. You thought o find a pretty bird but she has flown away and won't sing any more. You will never see her again ! "

The Prince was overcome with grief.
In his despair, he jumped from the tower.
He escaped with his life, but he fell in a thorn bush. The sharp thorns pierced his eyes and he could no longer see.

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