Once upon a time, there was a man and a woman. They always wanted a child, but they could never get it. In the end, the woman had to hope that God would give her a child. There was a small window at the back of their house, and they could see from there.
Go to a beautiful garden, which is full of exotic flowers and plants. However, there is a high wall around the garden, and no one dares to enter, because the garden belongs to a witch. This witch has very powerful magic, and everyone in the world
Afraid of her.
One day, the wife stood at the window and looked into the garden, and saw very beautiful lettuce growing on a vegetable patch. These lettuces were green and juicy, which immediately aroused her appetite and she wanted to eat them. This desire grew day by day.
And when she knew she couldn't eat anyway, she became very haggard, pale, and miserable. Her husband was frightened and asked her: "My dear, what's wrong with you?"
"Ah," she replied, "if I don't get to eat the lettuce from the garden behind our house, I'll die."
Because the husband loved her very much, he thought: "Instead of letting my wife die, why not get her some lettuce and don't care what happens to her."
At dusk, he climbed over the wall, slipped into the witch's garden, quickly pulled out a handful of lettuce, and brought it back to his wife to eat. The wife immediately made the lettuce into a salad and devoured it. The lettuce tasted so delicious.
Well, the next day she wanted to eat twice as much lettuce as the previous day. In order to satisfy his wife, the husband had to decide to enter the witch's garden again. So, at dusk, he sneaked into the garden secretly, but he just
When he climbed down from the wall, he was startled because he saw the witch standing in front of him.
"How dare you," she said angrily, "to sneak into my garden and steal my lettuce like a thief!"
"Oh," he replied, "have mercy on me and have mercy on me. I have no choice but to do this. My wife saw the lettuce in your garden from the window and wanted to eat it so much that she would die if she couldn't eat it.
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After hearing this, the witch gradually became less angry and said to him: "If things are really like what you said, I can let you pick as much lettuce as you like, but I have one condition: you must hand over the child your wife will give birth to."
Give it to me. I will make her live well and treat her like a mother."
Because of fear, the husband had to agree to all the conditions of the witch. As soon as his wife gave birth to the child, the witch came, named the child "Lettuce", and then took the child away.
"Lettuce" slowly grew up to be the most beautiful girl in the world. When the child was twelve years old, the witch locked her in a high tower. This high tower was in the forest, with neither stairs nor doors, just at the top of the tower.
There was a small window on the top. Whenever the witch wanted to go in, she would stand under the tower and shout: "Lettuce, Lettuce, let your hair down."
Rapunzel had long hair as thick as gold. As soon as she heard the witch's cry, she loosened her braid, wrapped the top around a window hook, and lowered it twenty meters. The witch followed suit.
Climb up with this long hair.
A year or two passed. One day, the prince was riding through the forest and happened to pass by the tower. At this time, he suddenly heard a beautiful song and couldn't help but stop and listen quietly. The person singing was Rapunzel. She was lonely.
The prince had no choice but to pass the time by singing. The prince wanted to climb to the top of the tower to see her, so he looked around for the door, but could not find it. When he returned to the palace, the singing had deeply moved him, and he rode a horse every day.
Go to the forest and listen.
One day, while he was standing behind a tree, he saw the witch coming and heard her shouting to the top of the tower: "Lettuce, Lettuce, let your hair down."
Rapunzel immediately let down her braid, and the witch climbed up along it. The prince thought: "If that is the ladder for people to climb up, I may try my luck."
The next evening, he came to the foot of the tower and shouted: "Lettuce, Lettuce, let your hair down."
The hair immediately fell down, and the prince climbed up.
Rapunzel was really astonished when she saw that it was a man who had climbed up, for she had never seen a man before. But the prince spoke to her kindly, and told her how much his heart was moved by her singing, and he could not help it for a moment.
When I came to An Ning, I had to come to see her.
Little by little, Rapunzel no longer felt afraid, and when he asked her if she would marry him, she saw that the prince was young and handsome, so she thought: "This man will definitely like me more than that godmother." So she said
She agreed and extended her hand to the prince. She said: "I am very willing to go with you, but I don't know how to get down. Please bring me a silk thread every time you come. I will use the silk thread to weave a ladder."
.When the ladder is woven, I will climb down, and you will carry me onto your horse."
Because the old witch always came during the day, they agreed to let the prince come every evening. The witch found nothing until one day Rapunzel asked her: "I ask you, godmother, why do you always feel like you are there when I pull you?"
Much heavier than that young prince? He came up in no time."
"Ah! You bad boy!" shouted the witch, "What are you talking about? I thought you were isolated from the world, but I didn't expect you to lie to me!"
She angrily grabbed Rapunzel's beautiful braid, twisted it twice in her left hand, then held up a pair of scissors with her right hand, chirped a few times, and the beautiful braid fell to the ground. Then, she cruelly twisted it
Rapunzel was sent to a wilderness, where she lived in misery and misery.
On the day Rapunzel was sent away, the witch tied the braid she had cut off to the window hook at the top of the tower. The prince came and shouted: "Rapunix, Rapunzel, let your hair down."
The witch let down her hair, and the prince climbed up. However, he did not see his beloved Rapunzel, but saw the witch glaring at him fiercely.
"Aha!" she mocked the prince, "are you here to pick up your sweetheart? But the beautiful bird will no longer sing in the nest. She was taken away by the cat, and the cat also wanted to tear your eyes out.
Dig it out. Your Rapunzel girl is doomed, and you will never see her again."
The prince was in great pain and jumped from the tower in despair. He fell into the thorn bush. Although he did not die, his eyes were blinded by the thorns. He walked aimlessly in the forest, eating only grass roots and
Berry cried sadly every day for losing his lover. He wandered in pain in the forest for several years, and finally came to the wilderness where Rapunzel suffered.
Rapunzel has given birth to twins, a son and a daughter.
The prince heard a voice and felt that the voice was familiar, so he walked towards it. As he approached, Rapunzel immediately recognized him, hugged his neck and began to cry. Her two drops of tears moistened
Wetting his eyes restored their brightness. He could see things as before. He returned to his kingdom with his wife and children, and was warmly welcomed by the people. They lived happily ever after.