Reading Notes: Grimm Part A

 A man and woman wished for a child for a long time, but although they tried many times they could not conceive. Through a window in their house they could see a beautiful garden that belonged to a powerful enchantress that was feared by all the world. The woman longed to eat some rampion out of the garden so her husband snuck in and stole some in the night. The made a salad of it and ate. The next day she lusted for three times as much rampion. Again the husband went to the garden, but he came face to face with the enchantress. He pleaded with her that it was only for his wife. The enchantress's rage subsided and she let out a proposition. He could take as much rampion as he wished, but his wife's child would be given to the enchantress. The man agreed and they both departed. The woman had the child and the enchantress appeared to take her away. The child was named Rapunzel and she grew into the most beautiful woman ever. When Rapunzel was twelve she was locked away in a tower with no stair and only one window. The enchantress entered the tower by calling to her daughter to let down her hair. The king's son took a liking for Rapunzel, but he could not figure out how to reach her. The next day he saw the enchantress visit her daughter, and so he too called for Rapunzel to let down her hair. He told her he wished to marry her and she agreed. So they planned on a way to weave a ladder so that Rapunzel could escape. She told her mother of this and her mother banished her away to a desert. The mother cut off her hair and fooled the king's son. When he saw the enchantress instead of his beloved, he leapt from the tower but was blinded in the fall. He wondered around for many ages in blindness until he came upon the desert that Rapunzel lived. Rapunzel cried when they met again and her tears healed his eyes. They then lived happily ever after in his Kingdom.


A classical depiction of Rapunzel and her lover
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Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm

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