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French · Intermediate

Raiponce

Adapted from Rapunzel

By The Brothers Grimm

A girl with extraordinarily long hair is kept in a tower until a prince discovers her.

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Illustration for the scene “A wish for a child”

Scene 1 · Intermediate

Le désir d'un enfant

A wish for a child

French

Un homme et sa femme désiraient un enfant depuis longtemps, sans que leur souhait se réalise. Enfin, la femme commençait à espérer que Dieu allait l’exaucer. À l’arrière de leur maison, une petite fenêtre donnait sur un magnifique jardin de fleurs et de plantes. Un haut mur en défendait l’accès : le jardin appartenait à une puissante enchanteresse que tous redoutaient.

English translation

A man and his wife had long wanted a child, but their wish had never come true. At last, the woman began to hope that God would grant it. At the back of their house, a small window looked out onto a magnificent garden full of flowers and plants. A tall wall kept people out: the garden belonged to a powerful enchantress whom everyone feared.

French

Personne ne se risquait à y pénétrer.

English translation

No one dared to go in.

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