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corner where it lay, and stroked its back. Then she went quite
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silently out of the door again. The next morning the nurse asked
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the guards whether anyone had come into the palace during the night,
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but they answered, no, we have seen no one.
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She came thus many nights and never spoke a word. The nurse
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always saw her, but she did not dare to tell anyone about it.
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When some time had passed in this manner, the queen began to
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speak in the night, and said,
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how fares my child, how fares my roe.
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Twice shall I come, then never more.
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The nurse did not answer, but when the queen had gone again,
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went to the king and told him all. The king said, ah, God.
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What is this. To-morrow night I will watch by the child. In the
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evening he went into the nursery, and at midnight the queen again
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appeared and said,
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how fares my child, how fares my roe.
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Once will I come, then never more.
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And she nursed the child as she was wont to do before she
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disappeared. The king dared not speak to her, but on the next
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night he watched again. Then she said,
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how fares my child, how fares my roe.
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This time I come, then never more.
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Then the king could not restrain himself. He sprang towards her,
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and said, you can be none other than my dear wife. She answered,
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yes, I am your dear wife, and at the same moment she received
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life again, and by God's grace became fresh, rosy and full of
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health.
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Then she told the king the evil deed which the wicked witch
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and her daughter had been guilty of towards her. The king ordered
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both to be led before the judge, and the judgment was delivered
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against them. The daughter was taken into the forest where she was
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torn to pieces by wild beasts, but the witch was cast into the fire
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and miserably burnt. And as soon as she was burnt to ashes, the
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roebuck changed his shape, and received his human form again, so the
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sister and brother lived happily together all their lives.
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There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain
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wished for a child. At length the woman hoped that God
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was about to grant her desire. These people had a little
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window at the back of their house from which a splendid garden
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could be seen, which was full of the most beautiful flowers and
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herbs. It was, however, surrounded by a high wall, and no one
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dared to go into it because it belonged to an enchantress, who had
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great power and was dreaded by all the world. One day the woman
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was standing by this window and looking down into the garden,
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when she saw a bed which was planted with the most beautiful
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rampion - rapunzel, and it looked so fresh and green that she
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longed for it, and had the greatest desire to eat some. This desire
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increased every day, and as she knew that she could not get any
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of it, she quite pined away, and began to look pale and miserable.
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Then her husband was alarmed, and asked, what ails you, dear
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wife. Ah, she replied, if I can't eat some of the rampion, which
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is in the garden behind our house, I shall die. The man, who loved
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her, thought, sooner than let your wife die, bring her some of
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the rampion yourself, let it cost what it will. At twilight, he
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clambered down over the wall into the garden of the enchantress,
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hastily clutched a handful of rampion, and took it to his wife. She
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at once made herself a salad of it, and ate it greedily. It tasted
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so good to her - so very good, that the next day she longed for it
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three times as much as before. If he was to have any rest, her
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husband must once more descend into the garden. In the gloom of
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evening, therefore, he let himself down again. But when he had
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clambered down the wall he was terribly afraid, for he saw the
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enchantress standing before him. How can you dare, said she with
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angry look, descend into my garden and steal my rampion like a
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thief. You shall suffer for it. Ah, answered he, let mercy take
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the place of justice, I only made up my mind to do it out of
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necessity. My wife saw your rampion from the window, and felt such
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a longing for it that she would have died if she had not got some
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to eat. Then the enchantress allowed her anger to be softened, and
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said to him, if the case be as you say, I will allow you to take
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away with you as much rampion as you will, only I make one
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condition, you must give me the child which your wife will bring
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into the world. It shall be well treated, and I will care for it
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like a mother. The man in his terror consented to everything, and
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when the woman was brought to bed, the enchantress appeared at once,
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gave the child the name of rapunzel, and took it away with her.
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Rapunzel grew into the most beautiful child under the sun.
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When she was twelve years old, the enchantress shut her into a
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tower, which lay in a forest, and had neither stairs nor door, but
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quite at the top was a little window. When the enchantress
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wanted to go in, she placed herself beneath it and cried,
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rapunzel, rapunzel,
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let down your hair to me.
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Rapunzel had magnificent long hair, fine as spun gold, and when
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she heard the voice of the enchantress she unfastened her braided
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tresses, wound them round one of the hooks of the window above,
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and then the hair fell twenty ells down, and the enchantress climbed
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up by it.
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After a year or two, it came to pass that the king's son rode
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through the forest and passed by the tower. Then he heard a song,
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which was so charming that he stood still and listened. This was
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rapunzel, who in her solitude passed her time in letting her sweet
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voice resound. The king's son wanted to climb up to her, and
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looked for the door of the tower, but none was to be found. He
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rode home, but the singing had so deeply touched his heart, that
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every day he went out into the forest and listened to it. Once when
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he was thus standing behind a tree, he saw that an enchantress
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came there, and he heard how she cried,
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rapunzel, rapunzel,
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let down your hair.
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