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Rapunzel

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1Der Garten der ZauberinThe sorceress's gardenFree0:00
2Der Turm im WaldThe tower in the forest4:38
3Zwei TränenTwo tears9:21

A woman longs for the rampion in a sorceress's walled garden, and her husband steals it for her until the sorceress catches him and makes him promise their child. The sorceress names the girl Rapunzel and locks her in a tower with no door, climbing up her long hair. A king's son hears her sing, climbs the hair too, and they plan to flee; when Rapunzel gives him away, the sorceress cuts off her hair and sends her into a wilderness. The prince falls from the tower into thorns and wanders blind for years until he finds Rapunzel and their twins, and her tears heal his eyes.

Retold from Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1, 7. Auflage (Ausgabe letzter Hand, 1857), KHM 12 by Brüder Grimm (public domain).

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