There were once a man and a
woman who had long in vain wished
for a child. At length the woman hoped
that God was about to grant her desire.
These people had a little window at
the back of their house from which
a splendid garden could be seen, which
was full of the most beautiful flowers
and herbs. It was, however, surrounded
by a high wall, and no one dared to
go into it because it belonged to
an enchantress, who had great power
and was dreaded by all the world.
One day the woman was standing by
this window and looking down into
the garden, when she saw a bed which
was planted with the most beautiful
rampion (rapunzel), and it looked
so fresh and green that she longed
for it, she quite pined away, and
began to look pale and miserable.
Then her husband was alarmed, and
asked: 'What ails you, dear wife?'
'Ah,' she replied, 'if I can't eat
some of the rampion, which is in the
garden behind our house, I shall die.'
The man, who loved her, thought: 'Sooner
than let your wife die, bring her
some of the rampion yourself, let
it cost what it will.' At twilight,
he clambered down over the wall into
the garden of the enchantress, hastily
clutched a handful of rampion, and
took it to his wife...
So, turn off that MTV and get your
children reading the words that will
deepen their soul and exalt their
spirit as well as your own. Check
out the book from the library!