he implored , ` pardon my presumption ; necessity alone drove me to the deed . My wife saw your rampion from her window , and conceived such a desire for it that she would certainly have died if her wish had not been gratified . ' Then the Witch 's anger was a little appeased , and she said : ` If it 's as you say , you may take as much rampion away with you as you like , but on one condition only -- that you give me the child your wife will shortly bring into the world . All shall go well with it , and I will look after it like a mother . ' The man in his terror agreed to everything she asked , and as soon as the child was born the Witch appeared , and having given it the name of Rapunzel , which is the same as rampion , she carried it off with her . Rapunzel was the most beautiful child under the sun . When she was twelve years old the Witch shut her up in a tower , in the middle of a great wood , and the tower had neither stairs nor doors , only high up at the very top a small window . When the old Witch wanted to get in she stood underneath and called out : ` Rapunzel , Rapunzel , Let down your golden hair , ' for Rapunzel had wonderful long hair , and it was as fine as spun gold . Whenever she heard the Witch 's voice she unloosed her plaits , and let her hair fall down out of the window about twenty yards below , and the old Witch climbed up by it . After they had lived like this for a few years , it happened one day that a Prince was riding through the wood and passed by the tower . As he drew near it he heard someone singing so sweetly that he stood still spell-bound , and listened . It was Rapunzel in her loneliness trying to while away the time by letting her sweet voice ring out into the wood . The Prince longed to see the owner of the voice , but he sought in vain for a door in the tower . He rode home , but he was so haunted by the song he had heard that he returned every day to the wood and listened . One day , when he was standing thus behind a tree , he saw the old Witch approach and heard her call out : ` Rapunzel , Rapunzel , Let down your golden hair . ' Then Rapunzel let down her plaits , and the Witch climbed up by them . ` So that 's the staircase , is it ? ' said the Prince . ` Then I too will climb it and try my luck . ' So on the following day , at dusk , he went to the foot of the tower and cried : ` Rapunzel , Rapunzel , Let down your golden hair , ' and as soon as she had let it down the Prince climbed up .
At first Rapunzel was terribly frightened when a man came in , for she had never seen one before ; but the Prince spoke XXXXX her so kindly , and told her at once that his heart had been so touched by her singing , that he felt he should know no peace of mind till he had seen her .
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