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SETTING

The Rapunzel story is one of the German original fairy tales. First was published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Grimm Brothers. It took place in a little German village. There were once a man and woman who had long in vain wished for a child. This couple was from a small German village that had a house with a small window in the back of the house, from which the woman saw this splendid garden full of lush colors with plenty of crisp beans, green peas, tomatoes, carrots, peppers, cucumbers, beets to the crinkly lettuce, with a bed planted with a most beautiful rapunzel plant. The fruits and the vegetables in this garden were so fresh, so green and so tempting, that it made the woman feel that she should have some salad no matter what it cost. However this garden was surrounded by a high wall and no one dared to go into it, because it belonged to the witch “Dame Gothel” who had great power and was dreaded by the entire world.