Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

“ Rapunzel, the Witch fastened the plaits which she had cut off to the hook by the window, and when the Prince came and called— ‘Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair,’ she lowered the hair. The Prince climbed up, but there he found, not his beloved Rapunzel, but the Witch, who looked at him with angry and wicked eyes.
‘Ah!’ she cried mockingly, ‘you have come to fetch your ladylove, but the pretty bird is no longer in her nest; and she can sing no more, for the cat has seized her, and it will scratch your own eyes out too. Rapunzel is lost to you ”

“ My wife sees your rampion from the window, and she has such a longing for it, that she would die if she could not get some of it.’ The anger of the Witch abated, and she said to him, ‘If it is as you say, I will allow you to take away with you as much rampion as you like, but on one condition. You must give me the child which your wife is about to bring into the world. I will care for it like a mother, and all will be well with it.’ In his fear the man consented to everything, and when the baby was born, the Witch appeared, gave it the name of Rapunzel (rampion) , and took it away with her. ”

“ It looked so fresh and green that it made her long to eat some of it. This longing increased every day, and as she knew it could never be satisfied, she began to look pale and miserable, and to pine away. ”