So she searched for a high tree , and when she had found one she climbed up it and spun all day long , never laughing or speaking one word . Now it happened one day that a King who was hunting in the wood had a large greyhound , who ran sniffing to the tree on which the girl sat , and jumped round it , yelping and barking furiously . The King 's attention was attracted , and when he looked up and beheld the beautiful Princess with the golden star on her forehead , he was so enchanted by her beauty that he asked her on the spot to be his wife . She gave no answer , but nodded slightly with her head . Then he climbed up the tree himself , lifted her down , put her on his horse and bore her home to his palace . The marriage was celebrated with much pomp and ceremony , but the bride neither spoke nor laughed . When they had lived a few years happily together , the King 's mother , who was a wicked old woman , began to slander the young Queen , and said to the King : ` She is only a low-born beggar maid that you have married ; who knows what mischief she is up to ? If she is deaf and ca n't speak , she might at least laugh ; depend upon it , those who do n't laugh have a bad conscience . ' At first the King paid no heed to her words , but the old woman harped so long on the subject , and accused the young Queen of so many bad things , that at last he let himself be talked over , and condemned his beautiful wife to death . So a great fire was lit in the courtyard of the palace , where she was to be burnt , and the King watched the proceedings from an upper window , crying bitterly the while , for he still loved his wife dearly . But just as she had been bound to the stake , and the flames were licking her garments with their red tongues , the very last moment of the seven years had come . Then a sudden rushing sound was heard in the air , and twelve ravens were seen flying overhead . They swooped downwards , and as soon as they touched the ground they turned into her twelve brothers , and she knew that she had freed them . They quenched the flames and put out the fire , and , unbinding their dear sister from the stake , they kissed and hugged her again and again . And now that she was able to open her mouth and speak , she told the King why she had been dumb and not able to laugh . The King rejoiced greatly when he heard she was innocent , and they all lived happily ever afterwards . -LRB- 22 -RRB- -LRB- 22 -RRB- Grimm . RAPUNZEL ONCE upon a time there lived a man and his wife who were very unhappy because they had no children . These good people had a little window at the back of their house , which looked into the most lovely garden , full of all manner of beautiful flowers and vegetables ; but the garden was surrounded by a high wall , and no one dared to enter it , for it belonged to a witch of great power , who was feared by the whole world . One day the woman stood at the window overlooking the garden , and saw there a bed full of the finest rampion : the leaves looked so fresh and green that she longed to eat them .
The desire grew XXXXX by day , and just because she knew she could n't possibly get any , she pined away and became quite pale and wretched .
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