RAPUNZEL

A long time ago, there lived a young couple, a man and his wife. His wife was expecting their baby. She wanted a plant that only grew in her neighbour's garden. She wanted it so much. She event intended to steal it herself, but later on, she sent her husband to steal it. Unfortunately, Mother Gothel, the owner of the garden caught him doing it. She was a witch. Then, Mother Gothel forced the couple to give their baby to her.
A few months later, the baby was born. It was a girl and named Rapunzel. Soon, this baby was taken away to live with Mother Gothel. Rapunzel grew to be a beautiful young girl with her long hair. She , at first was cared in a normal way. When she reached puberty, she was locked in a tower so that she would never leave Mother Gothel. The tower stood in the forest. It could only be entered by climbing on Rapunzel's long hair. To cheer herself up, she loved to sing.

One day, the King's son was riding through the forest when he heard Rapunzel singing. Mystified, he rode to the tower, but could see no door so could not understand how anyone could be there. He decided to stay and watch to tower and listen to the singing. After a while the witch came along and the prince watched her carefully. He was amazed as she called out,"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your  long hair," a long golden palit of hair fell almost to the ground.

The prince saw the witch climb up the hair and disappear through the window, and he made up his mind he would wait until she had gone and see if he could do the same.

So after the witch had gone, he stood where the witch had been and called,"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your long hair."

When the golden plait came tumbling down, he climbed up as the witch had done and found to his astonishment to the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. They talk for a long time and then the prince left, promising to come again. Rapunzel looked forward to his visits, for she had been lonely. He told her all about the world outside her tower, and they feel deeply in love.

Then, Rapunzel made a plan to escape from the tower. She wanted to be with the prince. She asked the prince to bring her a skein of silk each time he visited her. She might make a ladder for her escape. Unfortunately, Mother Gothel caught on. Then, she banished Rapunzel to the desert. She threw the prince from the tower into a thorny bush. He escaped with his life, bu the thorns into which he feel pierced his eyes. He wandered quite blind.

In this way, the Prince roamed in misery for some months and at length came to the desert where the witch had banished Rapunzel. He heard a voice singing and it seemed so familiar to him that he went towards it. When he approached, Rapunzel knew him and fell into his arms and wept.

lTwo of her tears fell on his eyes and the Prince could see again. He led her to the kingdom where he was joyfully received, and they lived for a long time afterwards, happy, and contented.

Vocabularies:
Witch                    : penyihir
Force                    : memaksa
Puberty                 : masa remaja
Mystified              : membingungkan
Plait                      : huntaian
Tumbling down    : jatuh ke bawah
Astonishment       : keheranan
Escape                  : melarikan diri
Skein                    : segelondong
Banished              : membuang
Desert                  : gurun pasir
Thorny                 : berduri
Blind                    : buta

"And so I will follow a falling star. To find out who I am and who you are. Come along, you know it can't be very far. The waves they sing to me." -Rapunzel-