The story may be based on the legend of Rudaba as found in the The Shahnameh, as well as the tale of St. Initially, Rapunzel betrayed the Prince's existence by remarking on how tight her dress was getting around the middle, but the Grimms decided that this was too raunchy and so in later versions, she instead remarked that the witch was much heavier to pull up than her Prince. The best known version of this story comes from The Brothers Grimm, probably based on Giambattista Basile's 'Petrosinella/Parsley'. He took her back to his kingdom, and they lived Happily Ever After. Rapunzel immediately embraced him, weeping, and her tears fell on his eyes and healed them. The unlucky couple wandered the wasteland for some time (during which Rapunzel bore either a single child or twins, according to some versions) before running into one another. The witch then lay in wait for the Prince, and pushed him off the tower into a bed of thorns, which blinded him. One day, however, Rapunzel accidentally revealed the Prince's existence to the witch, who cut off the girl's hair and banished her to the desert. He repeated the witch's trick, Rapunzel dutifully let her hair down, and the two made plans to elope. One day, a prince overheard Rapunzel singing, and, having taken an interest in her situation, soon saw how the witch came and went.

Whenever she wanted to enter, the witch would call, 'Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair', and Rapunzel would lower her extremely long hair for the witch to climb. When she was twelve, the witch shut Rapunzel into a tall tower without doors. Sure as her word, the witch took the couple's daughter and called her Rapunzel. The longing increased, and the husband tried to steal more, only to be caught by the witch, who demanded their unborn child as a consequence. The wife developed such a craving for the rapunzel (specified as rampion in some versions) in this garden that the husband snuck into the garden and stole some for her. Once upon a time, a couple lived next door to a witch with a beautiful garden.

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