Rapunzel
There were once a man and a woman who had long wished for a
child – but without any luck.
At last, the woman hoped that God was about to grant her
desire. They had a little window at the back of their house
from which a splendid garden could be seen, which was full
of the most
beautiful flowers and herbs. It was, however, surrounded by
a high
wall, and no one dared to go into it because it belonged to
an
enchantress, who had great power and was dreaded by all the
world.
One day the woman was standing by this window and looking
down into the
garden, when she saw a bed which was planted with the most
beautiful
plant called a rapunzel, and it looked so fresh and green
that she longed
for it, she quite pined away, and began to look pale and
miserable.