1Once upon a time there was a girl named Rapunzel.
2Rapunzel lived in a tall tower in the middle of a forest.
3The tower had no ladder no stairs
4and definitely no elevator.
5There was no way to get up or down.
6So... why did Rapunzel live in a tower?
7Well, it all started with a witch.
8As you know, witches can be very jealous.
9They especially hate people stealing herbs from their gardens.
10Unfortunately Rapunzel's mother didn't know this about witches.
11Many years ago when she was pregnant with Rapunzel,
12she snuck over the fence and stole some parsley from the witch next door.
13The witch saw her stealing parsley.
14She was furious.
15She gave Rapunzel's mother two choices.
16Option one: The witch would curse her unborn baby girl.
17The girl would always be unlucky.
18She would meet the wrong people and say the wrong things
19and wear the wrong clothes for every occasion.
20She would never live happily ever after.
21Option two:
22On the girl's tenth birthday,
23she would go to live with the witch.
24She would be the witch's apprentice.
25The witch promised that, eventually the girl would live happily ever after.
26Rapunzel's mother was heartbroken.
27She chose option two.
28And on the evening of Rapunzel's tenth birthday
29the witch came to take her away.
30She put Rapunzel in the tall tower in the woods.
31After that, every day was the same for Rapunzel.
32She cleaned her room at the top of the tower.
33She braided her long, long hair.
34And every day at lunchtime, the witch came to the tower.
35She stood under the window and shouted: Rapunzel!
36Rapunzel! Let down your hair!
37Rapunzel threw her braid out of the window.
38The witch climbed up Rapunzel's hair like a rope
39and crawled in through the window.
40The witch taught Rapunzel how to make medicines with herbs.
41And Rapunzel loved the witch.
42She was Rapunzel's only friend.
43One night, Rapunzel was reading a book beside the window
44when she heard someone below:
45Rapunzel! Rapunzel!
46Let down your hair?!
47"That's strange," she thought.
48The witch never comes this late.
49She threw her braid out of the window
50and the person climbed up, up, up.
51But when this person reached the top
52Rapunzel saw that it wasn't the witch.
53It was a man!
54Rapunzel quickly grabbed her book and smacked the man on the head.
55Get out! Get out! You're not the witch!
56The strange man fell to the floor.
57"Ow! Ow! Stop hurting me!" he begged.
58Who are you? What do you want?
59"Why did you climb my hair?" Demanded Rapunzel
60"I'm Justin! My name is Justin!" he whimpered.
61I came here to... save you?
62As you can imagine, Rapunzel was not very impressed.
63"Tell me, Justin," she growled.
64Does it look like I need to be saved?
65Justin sighed.
66I'm sorry.
67I thought this was my chance to be a hero.
68"What do you mean?" asked Rapunzel.
69My chance to be hero!
70Every man needs to be hero at least once in his life.
71It's the only way to live happily ever after!
72Rapunzel put down her book.
73"I don't need a hero," she said, kindly.
74Go away.
75Be a hero somewhere else.
76It's late.
77I want to go to bed.
78Rapunzel threw her braid out the window.
79"Well, can I come back and talk to you tomorrow?" Justin asked.
80"You seem nice."
81Also I brought a rope for you.
82In case you change your mind one day...
83"Fine, fine," said Rapunzel.
84Goodbye, Justin.
85And Justin climbed out the window and down Rapunzel's hair.
86The next day, Rapunzel cleaned her room and braided her hair.
87The witch came at lunch time.
88She brought Rapunzel a sandwich and showed her how to make medicine to cure headaches.
89But as the witch was leaving
90she saw Justin's rope lying on the floor.
91"Whose rope is this?"
92"Where did you get it?"
93"Do you want to escape?"
94Rapunzel tried to explain, but the witch was too upset.
95I love you like a daughter!
96Do you really hate me so much that you want to leave?
97"No... there was a man" said Rapunzel.
98"A man?" the witch cried.
99Fine! Go to him! Go!
100Tears poured down the witch's face.
101Go and live happily ever after with this.... man!
102The witch threw some magic powder at the floor
103and Rapunzel immediately fell asleep.
104When she woke up, she was not in the tower anymore.
105She was lying under a tree in the forest.
106Her hair was cut.
107Rapunzel cried for ten minutes.
108And then she stood up and decided to look for her tower.
109Meanwhile, back at the tower,
110Justin returned as promised.
111Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!
112He shouted from beneath the window.
113And the hair dropped down in front of his face.
114But as I'm sure you know...
115It wasn't Rapunzel in the tower.
116It was the witch!
117When Justin got to the top of the tower,
118the witch pulled him in through the window.
119"So you are the man who wants to take my Rapunzel!" she said.
120I see.
121Well then.
122Go and live happily ever after together!
123The witch blew a handful of powder into his face.
124And with that, Justin was blind.
125After walking all night, Rapunzel found her way home.
126But the tower was gone!
127All that was left was a burnt circle on the ground.
128"Oh nooooo!" cried Rapunzel.
129and she fell to the ground, sobbing.
130But then she heard a voice coming from behind some trees.
131Hello?
132Is someone there?
133Can you help me?
134I can't see...
135I can't see anything!
136It was Justin!
137When Rapunzel saw Justin's blind eyes,
138she knew what to do.
139"Stay right there," she ordered.
140Rapunzel ran into the forest to find some herbs.
141She ground the herbs and made medicine.
142Then she put the medicine on Justin's eyes.
143Then... she cried again.
144"Please don't cry..." said Justin, softly.
145Why are you crying?
146My home is gone.
147My only friend is gone.
148You are blind, this is a mess!
149"Everything will be ok," Justin said.
150Then he smiled.
151Trust me, I'm a hero!
152For three days, they camped in the forest.
153Rapunzel made medicine for Justin's eyes.
154Justin told her about every time he had tried to be a hero.
155Once he tried to fight a giant...
156But the giant was very kind.
157He invited Justin inside for tea.
158Once he tried to kill a dragon...
159But the dragon had baby dragons in its nest.
160Justin couldn't do it.
161Once he rescued a cat from a tree...
162But the cat immediately climbed back up.
163"It's really hard to be a hero!" he complained.
164When Rapunzel felt like crying,
165Justin told jokes until she laughed.
166When she couldn't sleep, he listened to all her worries.
167On the fourth day when Rapunzel woke up,
168Justin was already awake.
169He was looking at her with his bright blue eyes.
170He could see!
171"Thank you, my beautiful friend," he said.
172You fixed my eyes.
173Justin and Rapunzel walked to Justin's village.
174Rapunzel liked it in the village.
175Justin helped her build a new tower
176and this time the tower had stairs.
177Rapunzel spent her days making medicine for the sick people in the village.
178Did Justin ever become a hero?
179Yes, of course!
180There are many kinds of heroes.
181But the best and bravest heroes are the ones who help their friends through hard times.
182And Justin had helped his friend Rapunzel.
183In the end Justin and Rapunzel both lived happily ever after,
184just as the witch had promised