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· 18 Apr 2022

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Rapunzel the story

#history Rapunzel's tale belongs to the genre of fairies, it is one of the best known of the Brothers Grimm. It was first published in 1812 in Germany and since then hundreds of adaptations have been made, even taking the story to the cinema.

Although the original story is much more stark, children's adaptations of the story have softened certain details and omitted others, until creating the story we all know today. Enjoy the story.

Once upon a time, many years ago, there was a marriage that deeply longed to have a baby. After years of waiting for her joy to come true, the woman finally became pregnant.

As a result of her pregnancy, the expectant mother began to desire some beautiful fruits that grew in an orchard belonging to a nearby house, but which was inhabited by an evil witch, so they couldn't get them and every day she wanted them a little bit more to the point of getting sick with craving.

Her husband, desperate to the situation of his pregnant wife, ventured to the sorceress's garden and stole some of those delicious fruits for his wife. Seeing the improvement of it by eating them, the husband continued to steal them, until one day the evil sorceress surprised him and to spare his life he and his wife made him promise that they would give the girl to him when she was born.

Thus, when the girl was born, the evil sorceress locked her in a tower without doors or stairs, only with a window on top. For many years the girl grew up with the only company of the witch who, climbing through the golden hair of the young woman, climbed the tower.

One morning, a gentleman heard the voice of the beautiful girl and curious approached, meeting her on the top of the tower, combing her long hair. The gentleman climbed over it and came to the window where Rapunzel fell in love with the handsome young man.

But soon the wicked witch discovered the friendship of the boys and furiously released a curse that made the knight blind, who had to wander for a long time lost in the woods. However, despite his blindness, the young man searched and searched until he found again the tower where he met his beloved Rapunzel, and when she saw him, she began to shed tears that, when he fell on the prince, returned his vision.