Friday, May 1, 2020

Reading Notes: Grimm: Rapunzel, Part A

Grimm: Rapunzel: This story is part of the Brothers Grimm (LibriVox) unit. Story source: Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm


- Man and woman living, want a child
- there's a garden in the back and the woman wants the rampion, so her husband climbs down to get it for her
- The enchantress, who the garden belongs to, questions the husband as to why he was stealing from her
- the enchantress  allows him to take as much rampion, but tells him he must give her his first child
- a baby was born, the enchantress named her Rapunzel and took her away only to lock her up in a tower
- the enchantress would climb up when Rapunzel let down her hair
- King's son is riding through and wants to marry her, they agree to build a ladder for her to get down with
- The enchantress finds out and takes her to the desert
- in the end the king's son finds her and leads her to the kingdom

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