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| Rapunzel grew into the most beautiful child beneath the sun. When she was twelve years old, the Witch shut her into a tower, which lay in a forest, and had neither stairs nor door. But quite at the top was a little window. When the Witch wanted to go in, she placed herself beneath this, and cried: | Rapunzel grew into the most beautiful child beneath the sun. When she was twelve years old, the Witch shut her into a tower, which lay in a forest, and had neither stairs nor door. But quite at the top was a little window. When the Witch wanted to go in, she placed herself beneath this, and cried: | ||
| - | "//Rapunzel, Rapunzel,//\\ | + | > Rapunzel, Rapunzel, |
| - | //Let down thy hair.//"\\ | + | > Let down thy hair. |
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| Once when he was thus standing behind a tree, he saw that a Witch came there, and he heard how she cried: | Once when he was thus standing behind a tree, he saw that a Witch came there, and he heard how she cried: | ||
| - | "//Rapunzel, Rapunzel,//\\ | + | > Rapunzel, Rapunzel, |
| - | //Let down thy hair.//"\\ | + | > Let down thy hair. |
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| The next day when it began to grow dark, he went to the tower and cried: | The next day when it began to grow dark, he went to the tower and cried: | ||
| - | "//Rapunzel, Rapunzel,//\\ | + | > Rapunzel, Rapunzel, |
| - | //Let down thy hair.//"\\ | + | > Let down thy hair. |
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| She said also, "I will willingly go away with you, but I do not know how to get down. Bring with you a skein of silk every time that you come, and I will weave a ladder with it. When that is ready I will descend, and you will take me on your horse." | She said also, "I will willingly go away with you, but I do not know how to get down. Bring with you a skein of silk every time that you come, and I will weave a ladder with it. When that is ready I will descend, and you will take me on your horse." | ||
| - | They agreed that until that time, he should come to her every evening, for the old woman came by day. The Witch remarked nothing of this, until once Rapunzel said to her, "Tell me, Dame Gothel, how it happens that you are so much heavier28 | + | They agreed that until that time, he should come to her every evening, for the old woman came by day. The Witch remarked nothing of this, until once Rapunzel said to her, "Tell me, Dame Gothel, how it happens that you are so much heavier |
| "Ah! you wicked Child!" | "Ah! you wicked Child!" | ||
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| On the same day, however, that she cast out Rapunzel, the Witch, in the evening, fastened the braids of hair which she had cut off, to the hook of the window; and when the King's Son came and cried: | On the same day, however, that she cast out Rapunzel, the Witch, in the evening, fastened the braids of hair which she had cut off, to the hook of the window; and when the King's Son came and cried: | ||
| - | "//Rapunzel, Rapunzel,//\\ | + | > Rapunzel, Rapunzel, |
| - | //Let down thy hair,//"\\ | + | > Let down thy hair, |
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| - | The King's Son was beside himself with grief and in his despair he leapt down from the tower. He escaped with his life, but the thorns into which he fell, pierced his eyes. Then he29 wandered quite blind about the forest, ate nothing but roots and berries, and did nothing but lament and weep over the loss of his dearest wife. | + | The King's Son was beside himself with grief and in his despair he leapt down from the tower. He escaped with his life, but the thorns into which he fell, pierced his eyes. Then he wandered quite blind about the forest, ate nothing but roots and berries, and did nothing but lament and weep over the loss of his dearest wife. |
| Thus he roamed about in misery for some years, and at length came to the desert where Rapunzel lived in wretchedness. He heard a voice, and it seemed so familiar to him that he went toward it. When he approached, Rapunzel knew him, and fell on his neck and wept. Two of her tears wetted his eyes and they grew clear again, and he could see with them as before. | Thus he roamed about in misery for some years, and at length came to the desert where Rapunzel lived in wretchedness. He heard a voice, and it seemed so familiar to him that he went toward it. When he approached, Rapunzel knew him, and fell on his neck and wept. Two of her tears wetted his eyes and they grew clear again, and he could see with them as before. | ||
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