WINTER ' FOURTEEN
Rapunzel, from an edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales,
illustrated by Johnny Gruelle
Verdezuela a un lugar desierto, condenándola a me away on thy horse." They agreed that he should
come to her every evening, as the old woman came in
una vida de desolación y miseria.
the day-time. So the witch knew nothing of all this
until once Rapunzel said to her unwittingly, "Mother
Gothel, how is it that you climb up here so slowly, and
the King's son is with me in a moment?" "O wicked
child," cried the witch, "what is this I hear! I thought
I had hidden thee from all the world, and thou hast
betrayed me!" In her anger she seized Rapunzel by her
beautiful hair, struck her several times with her left
hand, and then grasping a pair of shears in her right
- snip, snap - the beautiful locks lay on the ground.
And she was so hard-hearted that she took Rapunzel
and put her in a waste and desert place, where she
lived in great woe and misery.
In the beginning, Rapunzel was frightened when
she saw that a man had come in to her, for she had
never seen one before; but the King's son began
speaking so kindly to her, and told how her singing
had entered into his heart, so that he could have no
peace until he had seen her herself. Then Rapunzel
forgot her terror, and when he asked her to take him
for her husband, and she saw that he was young and
beautiful, she thought to herself, "I certainly like him
much better than old mother Gothel," and she put her
hand into his hand. She said: "I would willingly go
with thee, but I do not know how I shall get out.
When thou comest, bring each time a silken rope, and
I will make a ladder, and when it is quite ready I will El mismo día en que se había llevado a la
get down by it out of the tower, and thou shalt take muchacha, la bruja ató las trenzas cortadas al
The Linnet's Wings