-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 day by day , and just because she knew she could n't possibly get any , she pined away and became quite pale and wretched . Then her husband grew alarmed and said : ` What ails you , dear wife ? ' ` Oh , ' she answered , ` if I do n't get some rampion to eat out of the garden behind the house , I know I shall die . ' The man , who loved her dearly , thought to himself , ` Come ! rather than let your wife die you shall fetch her some rampion , no matter the cost . ' So at dusk he climbed over the wall into the witch 's garden , and , hastily gathering a handful of rampion leaves , he returned with them to his wife . She made them into a salad , which tasted so good that her longing for the forbidden food was greater than ever . If she were to know any peace of mind , there was nothing for it but that her husband should climb over the garden wall again , and fetch her some more . So at dusk over he got , but when he reached the other side he drew back in terror , for there , standing before him , was the old witch . ` How dare you , ' she said , with a wrathful glance , ` climb into my garden and steal my rampion like a common thief ? You shall suffer for your foolhardiness . ' ` Oh ! ' 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 XXXXX 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 .
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