Jonathan Pageau's "Rapunzel," Summary and Discussion
An old woman lives alone in a small cottage in the woods, with bitterness and her rapunzel cabbages as companions. She prizes the plants, however, attending them relentlessly. Now a newly-married woodcutter and his pregnant wife live nearby, and the woodcutter eyes the greens in passing because his wife craves them. The crone notices his taking one and says she’ll take what is most precious should he do that again. He and his wife agonize over it, but she must have it, so he takes a bushel on his trip and brings peace to the house. But after the baby is born, the witch steals into the house…
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