I am going to retell the story of Rupunzel in first person, she will be the one telling the story.
All my life I remember living in a small room up high in a tower, so high that noone could come in and I couldn't go out. I had a small window where I would sit and look out to the world around me.
An enchantress had taken me away from my parents in exchange for vegetables from her garden. She had promised to keep me happy and love me as one of her own, but that was not the case. I had very long hair and used to let it down only when the enchantress would want to come up, she used it as a ladder since there was no stairs to come up to room. She would come once everyday and stand below and call my name and ask me to let my hair down. I was very lonely and sad but knew noone but her. During the day I would sit by the window and sing and watch the birds fly and look at the mountains and trees.
One day while sitting at my window I heard a voice calling "Rupunzel, Rupunzel, Let your hair down" I did, thinking it was the enchantress. To my surprise it was a young man. He came in the room and told me how much he had loved to listen to me sing and and asked me to go with him. At first I was scared, I never spoke to anyone except the enchantress and never had any friends. I didn't know if I should trust him, he promised to help me out and asked me to trust him and keep it a secret. He was very friendly and told me that he would marry me and I would not need to stay in this little room any longer. I remembered that the enchantress had promised my parents the same, she said she would love me and care for me and instead she hid me in this tower.
I wished that I could go with him, but how? We decided that he would come see me every night after she would leave and and would bring a piece of silk with him each time and I would tie them together until it would be long enough for me to hang from the window and use to get down.
I was scared that she would catch us so everyday when he brought the silk pieces I would tie them together and hide them under my blanket. I began to fall in love in love and couldn't wait for the day that I had enough silk to get me down from the tower. Finally after two months I had enough, I waited until the night and let myself down. He was waiting for me and we left together on his horse, I didn't know where we going because I had never been anywhere. He took me to his house and the second day we married. We had a beautiful wedding and lived happily ever after.
The lesson of this story, is that just because the enchantress promised something and lied doesn't mean that everyone is the same. She gave the young man a chance she trusted him and he did help her out and he married her and they lived happily. You have to give people a chance and not judge them by the actions of others.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
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