Rapunzel is lost to you for ever -- you will never see her more . ' The Prince was beside himself with grief , and in his despair he jumped right down from the tower , and , though he escaped with his life , the thorns among which he fell pierced his eyes out . Then he wandered , blind and miserable , through the wood , eating nothing but roots and berries , and weeping and lamenting the loss of his lovely bride . So he wandered about for some years , as wretched and unhappy as he could well be , and at last he came to the desert place where Rapunzel was living . Of a sudden he heard a voice which seemed strangely familiar to him . He walked eagerly in the direction of the sound , and when he was quite close , Rapunzel recognised him and fell on his neck and wept . But two of her tears touched his eyes , and in a moment they became quite clear again , and he saw as well as he had ever done . Then he led her to his kingdom , where they were received and welcomed with great joy , and they lived happily ever after . -LRB- 23 -RRB- -LRB- 23 -RRB- Grimm . THE NETTLE SPINNER I ONCE upon a time there lived at Quesnoy , in Flanders , a great lord whose name was Burchard , but whom the country people called Burchard the Wolf . Now Burchard had such a wicked , cruel heart , that it was whispered how he used to harness his peasants to the plough , and force them by blows from his whip to till his land with naked feet . His wife , on the other hand , was always tender and pitiful to the poor and miserable . Every time that she heard of another misdeed of her husband 's she secretly went to repair the evil , which caused her name to be blessed throughout the whole country-side . This Countess was adored as much as the Count was hated . II One day when he was out hunting the Count passed through a forest , and at the door of a lonely cottage he saw a beautiful girl spinning hemp . ` What is your name ? ' he asked her . ` Renelde , my lord . ' ` You must get tired of staying in such a lonely place ? ' ' I am accustomed to it , my lord , and I never get tired of it . '
` That may be so ; but come to the castle , and I will make you lady 's maid to the XXXXX . ' '
Burchard Count Countess Prince Rapunzel SPINNER Wolf misdeed plough years