Once upon a time there was a man and wife who longed for a child. After many years she finally became pregnant. Their house was next to a beautiful garden with a high wall around it keeping everyone out. It was owned by a sorceress who had great powers that people were afraid of.

One day the wife looked out her window into the garden and longed to eat the beautiful Rapunzel-plants. She told her husband that she would surely die if she did not have one. Her husband was frightened by this so he climbed the garden wall and snatched a bunch of Rapunzels and gave them to his wife to eat. The next day her appetite for the flower was three times greater so her husband climbed the wall again. This time the wicked sorceress caught him and threatened to cast a spell on him. He explained to her his wife's addiction to the flowers and the sorceress made a bargain with him. He could pick as many flowers as he wanted but when the baby was born, he was to give it to the sorceress as payment. He agreed to the arrangement and nine months later gave her a little baby girl.

The sorceress named the baby Rapunzel. When she turned 13, the sorceress locked her in a tall tower with no doors or stairs so that she could not escape. Each day the sorceress would visit Rapunzel with food and water and yell to her, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair." Rapunzel would lower her golden locks from the window, and the sorceress would climb up the braids to the tower. 

One day a prince was riding by and witnessed this occurrence. When nighttime came and he knew that the sorceress had left, he went to the tower and said, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair." Rapunzel lowered her golden hair and the handsome prince climbed up. At first Rapunzel was afraid but soon fell in love with the prince. He visited her every evening from then on.

After many months, the sorceress realized that Rapunzel was pregnant and she became furious. Rapunzel told her of the prince and how in love she was with him. The sorceress was so angered she cut Rapunzel's hair and sent her to the Land of Forgotten. The prince returned that evening only to encounter the sicked sorceress. She blinded him with thorns from the berry bushes before he was able to escape.

The prince wandered for many years over the land, living on berries and herbs that he managed to find until one day he wandered into the Land of Forgotten. Rapunzel recognized him and held him in her arms. Her tears fell upon his face and restored his vision. It was then that he realized that it was Rapunzel who held him and she had given birth to twins. They lived happily ever after.