Desember 18, 2010

Rapunzel


"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair, so that I may climb the golden stair."





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Once upon a time, a king and queen were expecting the birth of their child. Unfortunately, the queen suffered from pain during pregnancy, struggling to survive for the sake of herself and the child she is carrying. In desperation, a bodyguard desperate to steal the magic of plants from the garden of a wicked witch named Gothel. Queen and their baby daughter, Rapunzel in good health and have the strength.




Revenge for stolen plants, and still wanted the power and strength, Gothel kidnap Rapunzel. Rapunzel grew up, locked in the tower, accompanied only by the evil Gothel. Gothel always forbade her to leave the tower.
When Rapunzel reached her twelfth year, the enchantress shut her away into a tower in the middle of the woods, with neither stairs nor door, and only one room and one window. When the witch went to visit Rapunzel, she stood beneath the tower and called out :

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair, so that I may climb the golden stair."

Upon hearing these words, Rapunzel would wrap her long, fair hair around a hook that sat beside the window and drop it down to the enchantress, who would then climb up the hair to Rapunzel's tower room.

One day, a prince rode through the forest and heard Rapunzel singing from the tower. Entranced by her ethereal voice, he went to look for the girl and found the tower, but was unable to enter. He then returned often, listening to her beautiful singing, and one day saw Dame Gothel visit, thus learning how to gain access to Rapunzel. When Dame Gothel was gone, he bade Rapunzel let her hair down. When she did this, he climbed up, made her acquaintance, and finally asked her to marry him.



Together they planned a means of escape, wherein he would come each night (thus avoiding the enchantress who visited her by day). When the prince called that night, he found himself staring at the witch instead of Rapunzel, who was nowhere to be found. When she told him in anger that he would never see Rapunzel again, he leapt from the tower in despair and was blinded by the thorns below.

One day, while Rapunzel sang as she fetched water, the prince heard Rapunzel's voice again, and they were reunited. When they fell into each others' arms, her tears immediately restored his sight.