Rapunzel - A Softly Told Fairytale for Adults - Rest: Sleepy Bedtime Stories

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Good evening and welcome to Rest, your sanctuary for peaceful
sleep and relaxation. Whether you're escaping daily stresses or seeking
a nightly companion, you're in the right place. My name
is Jessica, and i'll be your host this evening. Before

(00:27):
we begin, why don't you turn off your screens and
turn down your volume. Now that's done, let's unwind and
help you ease into a blessed rest. The night is

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quiet now, the world has hushed and the stars are
keeping watch. It's time to let your body grow still.
Time to let your breath come slow and gentle. Time
to let your thoughts grow as soft as the clouds

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in the sky. Tonight, we're stepping into a classic fairy tale,
one that begins in a hidden garden and leads to
a tall tower in the woods. It's the story of Rapunzel,

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a girl taken from her home and kept far from
the world until a quiet change begins and everything slowly shifts.
This is a tale of patience, longing, and unexpected kindness,

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of walls that seem too high and the quiet ways
they come tumbling down. There's no need to follow every word,
just let the rhythm carry you into rest, and now
let's begin our story. There was once a man and

(02:27):
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

(02:49):
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

(03:14):
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, and it looked so fresh and green

(03:37):
that she longed for it and had the greatest desire
to eat some. This desire increased every day, and as
she knew that she could not get any of it,
she quite pined away and looked pale and miserable. Then

(04:00):
her husband was alarmed and asked, what ails you, dear wife. Ah,
she replied, If I can't get some of the rampion
which is in the garden behind our house to eat,

(04:21):
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 you what it will. In
the twilight of evening, he clambered down over the wall

(04:45):
into the garden of the enchantress, hastily clutched a handful
of rampion, and took it to his wife. She at
once made her self a salad of it, and ate
it with much relish. She, however, liked it so much,

(05:12):
so very much, that the next day she longed for
it three times as much as before. If he was
to have any rest, her husband must once more descend
into the garden in the gloom of evening. Therefore he

(05:37):
let himself down again. But when he had clambered down
the wall, he was terribly afraid, for he saw the
enchantress standing before him. How can you dare, said she,

(05:57):
with an angry look. Today send into my garden and
steal my rampion like a thief. You shall suffer for it, ah,
answered he. Let mercy take the place of justice. I

(06:18):
only made up my mind to do it out of necessity.
My wife saw your rampion from the window and felt
such a longing for it that she would have died
if she had not got some to eat. Then the

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enchantress allowed her anger to be softened, and said to him,
if the case be as you say, I will allow
you to take away with you as much rampion as
you will. Only I make one can do. You must

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give me the child which your wife will bring into
the world. It shall be well treated, and I will
care for it like a mother. The man, in his terror,
consented to everything, and when the little one came to them,

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the enchantress appeared at once, gave the child the name
of Rapunzel, and took it away with her. Rapunzel grew
into the most beautiful child beneath the sun. When she
was twelve years old, the enchantress shut her into a

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tower which lay in a forest and had neither stairs
nor door, but quite at the top was a little window.
When the enchantress wanted to go in, she placed herself
beneath this and cried, Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair

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to me. Rapunzel had magnificent long hair, fine as spun gold,
and when she heard the voice of the enchantress, she
unfastened her braided tresses, wound them round one of the

(08:38):
hooks of the window above, and then their hair fell
twenty yards down, and the enchantress climbed up by it.
After a year or two, it came to pass that
the king's son rode through the forest and went by

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the tower. Then he heard a song which was so
charming that he stood still and listened. This was Rapunzel, who,
in her solitude, passed her time in letting her sweet

(09:22):
voice resound. The king's son wanted to climb up to her,
and looked for the door of the tower, but none
was to be found. He rode home, but the singing
had so deeply touched his heart that every day he

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went out into the forest and listened to it. Once,
when he was thus standing behind a tree, he saw
that in it enchantress came there, and he heard how
she cried, Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair. Then Rapunzel

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let down the braids of her hair, and the enchantress
climbed up to her. If that is the ladder by
which one mounts, I will for once try my fortune,
said he. And the next day, when it began to

(10:36):
grow dark, he went to the tower and cried, Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
let down your hair. Immediately their hair fell down, and
the king's son climbed up. At first, Rapuna was terribly

(11:01):
frightened when a man such as her eyes had never
yet beheld came to her. But the king's son began
to talk to her quite like a friend, and told
her that his heart had been so stirred that it

(11:23):
had let him have no rest, and he had been
forced to see her. Then Rapunzel lost her fear, and
when he asked her if she would take him for
a husband, and she saw that he was young and handsome,

(11:46):
she thought he will love me more than old Dame
Gothel does, And she said yes, and laid her hand
in his. She said, I will willingly go away with you,
but I do not know how to get down. Bring

(12:10):
with you a skein of silk every time that you come,
and I will weave a ladder with it, and when
that is ready, I will descend, and you will take
me on your horse. They agreed that until that time

(12:31):
he should come to her every evening, for the old
woman came by day. The enchantress remarked nothing of this,
until once Rapunzel said to her, tell me, Dame Gothel
how it happens that you are so much heavier for

(12:56):
me to draw up than the young king's son. He
is with me in a moment. Ah, you wicked child,
cried the enchantress. What do I hear you say? I
thought I had separated you from all the world, and

(13:20):
yet you have deceived me. In her anger, she clutched
Rapunzel's beautiful tresses, wrapped them twice round. Her left hand
seized a pair of scissors with the right and snip, snip.

(13:41):
They were cut off, and the lovely braids lay on
the ground. And she was so pitiless that she took
poor Rapunzel into a desert, where she had to live
in great grief and misery. On the same day, however,

(14:07):
that she cast out Rapunzel, the Enchantress in the evening
fastened the braids of hair which she had cut off,
to the hook of the window. And when the king's
son came and cried, Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair,

(14:32):
she let the hair down. The king's son ascended, but
he did not find his dearest Rapunzel above, but the enchantress,
who gazed at him with wicked and venomous looks. Aha.

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She cried mockingly, you would fetch your dearest, But the
beautiful bird sits no longer singing in the nest. The
cat has got it and will scratch out your eyes
as well. Rapunzel is lost to you. You will never

(15:19):
see her more. The king's son was beside himself with pain,
and in his despair he let down from the tower.
He escaped with his life, but the thorns into which
he fell pierced his eyes. Then he wandered quite blind

(15:46):
about the forest ate nothing but roots and berries, and
did nothing but lament and weep over the loss of
his dearest wife. Thus he roamed about in misery for
some years, and at length came to the desert where

(16:11):
Rapunzel lived in wretchedness. He heard a voice, and it
seemed so familiar to him that he went towards it.
And when he approached, Rapunzel knew him, and fell on
his neck and wept. Two of her tears wetted his eyes,

(16:38):
and they grew clear again, and he could see with
them as before. He led her to his kingdom, where
he was joyfully received, and they lived for a long
time afterwards, happy and contented. There was once a man

(17:07):
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

(17:28):
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

(17:54):
and was dreaded by all the world. One day, the
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, and it looked so

(18:16):
fresh and green that she longed for it and had
the greatest desire to eat some. This desire increased every day,
and as she knew that she could not get any
of it, she quite pined away and looked pale and miserable.

(18:41):
Then her husband was alarmed and asked, what ails you,
dear wife. Ah, she replied, if I can't get some
of the rampion which is in the garden behind our
house to eat, I shall die. The man who loved

(19:06):
her thought, sooner than let your wife die, bring her
some of the rampion yourself. Let it cost you what
it will. In the twilight of evening, he clambered down
over the wall into the garden of the Enchantress, hastily

(19:31):
clutched a handful of rampion, and took it to his wife.
She at once made herself a salad of it, and
ate it with much relish. She, however, liked it so much,

(19:52):
so very much, that the next day she longed for
it three times much as before. If he was to
have any rest, her husband must once more descend into
the garden in the gloom of evening. Therefore he let

(20:18):
himself down again. But when he had clambered down the wall,
he was terribly afraid, for he saw the Enchantress standing
before him. How can you dare, said she, with an

(20:38):
angry look, to descend into my garden and steal my
rampion like a thief. You shall suffer for it, ah,

(20:59):

(21:20):
Enchantress allowed her anger to be softened, and said to him,
you will. Only I make one condition. You must give

(21:43):
me the child which your wife will bring into the world.
It shall be well treated, and I will care for
it like her mother. The man, in his terror, consented
to everything, and when the little one came to them,

(22:06):

(22:31):

(22:58):

(23:19):
After a year or two, it came to pass that
the king's son rode through the forest and went by

(23:42):
in her solitude, past her time in letting her sweet

(24:03):

(24:27):
when he was thus, standing behind a tree, he saw
that an enchantress came there, and he heard how she cried, Rapunzel, Rapunzel,

(24:50):
let down your hair. Then Rapunzel let down the braids
of her hair, and the enchantress climbed up to her.
If that is the ladder by which one mounts, I
will for once try my fortune, said he. And the

(25:14):
next day, when it began to grow dark, he went
to the tower and cried, Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair.
Immediately their hair fell down, and the king's son climbed up.

(25:38):
At first Rapunzel was terribly frightened when a man such
as her eyes had never yet beheld came to her.
But the king's son began to talk to her quite
like a friend, and told her that his heart had

(26:01):
been so stirred that it had let him have no rest,
and he had been forced to see her. Then Rapunzel
lost her fear, and when he asked her if she
would take him for a husband, and she saw that

(26:23):
he was young and handsome, she thought he will love
me more than old Dame Gothel does, And she said yes,
and laid her hand in his. She said, I will

(26:43):
willingly go away with you, but I do not know
how to get down. Bring with you a skein of
silk every time that you come, and I will weave
a ladder with it, and when that is ready, I
will descend, and you will take me on your horse.

(27:09):
They agreed that until that time he should come to
her every evening, for the old woman came by day.
The enchantress remarked nothing of this, until once Rapunzel said
to her, tell me, Dame Gothel, how it happens that

(27:34):
you are so much heavier for me to draw up
than the young King's son, he is with me in
a moment. Ah, you wicked child, cried the enchantress, What
do I hear you say? I thought I had separated

(27:57):
you from all the world, and yet you have deceived me.
In her anger, she clutched Rapunzel's beautiful tresses, wrapped them
twice round. Her left hand seized a pair of scissors
with the right and snip, snip. They were cut off,

(28:25):
and the lovely braids lay on the ground. And she
was so pitiless that she took poor Rapunzel into a desert,
where she had to live in great grief and misery.
On the same day, however, that she cast out Rapunzel,

(28:51):
the Enchantress in the evening fastened the braids of hair
which she had cut off, to the hook of the window.
And when the king's son came and cried, Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
let down your hair, she let the hair down. The

(29:17):
king's son ascended, but he did not find his dearest
Rapunzel above, but the enchantress, who gazed at him with
wicked and venomous looks Aha. She cried mockingly. You would

(29:39):
fetch your dearest, But the beautiful bird sits no longer
singing in the nest. The cat has got it and
will scratch out your eyes as well. Rapunzel is lost
to you. You will know ever see her more. The

(30:03):
king's son was beside himself with pain, and in his
despair he let down from the tower. He escaped with
his life, but the thorns into which he fell pierced
his eyes. Then he wandered quite blind about the forest

(30:29):
ate nothing but roots and berries, and did nothing but
lament and weep over the loss of his dearest wife.
Thus he roamed about in misery for some years, and
at length came to the desert where a Punzel lived

(30:53):
in wretchedness. He heard a voice, and it seemed so
familiar to him that he went towards it. And when
he approached Rapunzel knew him, and fell on his neck
and wept. Two of her tears wetted his eyes, and

(31:20):
they grew clear again, and he could see with them
as before. He led her to his kingdom, where he
was joyfully received, and they lived for a long time afterwards,
happy and contented. There was once a man and a

(31:49):
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

(32:11):
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

(32:36):
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, and it looked so fresh and green

(32:59):
that she longed for it and had the greatest desire
to eat some. This desire increased every day, and as
she knew that she could not get any of it,
she quite pined away and looked pale and miserable. Then

(33:22):
her husband was alarmed and asked, what ails you, dear wife. Ah,
she replied, if I can't get some of the rampion
which is in the garden behind our house to eat,

(33:43):
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 you what it was In
the twilight of evening, he clambered down over the wall

(34:08):
into the garden of the Enchantress, hastily clutched a handful
of rampion and took it to his wife. She at
once made herself a salad of it and ate it
with much relish. She, however, liked it so much, so

(34:35):
very much, that the next day she longed for it
three times as much as before. If he was to
have any rest, her husband must once more descend into
the garden in the gloom of evening. Therefore he let

(34:59):
him self down again. But when he had clambered down
the wall, he was terribly afraid, for he saw the
Enchantress standing before him. How can you dare, said she,

(35:19):
with an angry look, to descend into my garden and
steal my rampion like a thief. You shall suffer for it, ah,

(35:40):

(36:01):
Enchantress allowed her anger to be softened, and said to him,
you will, only I make one condition. You must give

(36:25):
me the child which your wife will bring into the world.
It shall be well treated, and I will care for
it like her mother. The man, in his terror, consented
to everything, and when the little one came to them,

(36:48):

(37:12):

(37:40):

(38:01):
After a year or two, it came to pass that.
The king's son rode through the forest and went by

(38:23):
in her solitude, passed her time in letting her sweet

(38:44):

(39:09):
when he was thus standing behind a tree, he saw
that an enchantress came there, and he heard how she cried, Rapunzel, Rapunzel,

(39:31):
let down your hair. Then Rapunzel let down the braids
of her hair, and the enchantress climbed up to her.
If that is the ladder by which one mounts, I
will for once try my fortune, said he. And the

(39:55):
next day, when it began to grow dark, he went
to the tower and cried, Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair.
Immediately their hair fell down, and the king's son climbed up.

(40:20):
At first, Rapunzel was terribly frightened when a man such
as her eyes had never yet beheld. Came to her.
But the king's son began to talk to her quite
like a friend, and told her that his heart had

(40:42):
been so stirred that it had let him have no rest,
and he had been forced to see her. Then Rapunzel
lost her fear, and when he asked her if she
would take him for a husband, and she saw that

(41:05):
he was young and handsome, she thought, he will love
me more than old Dame Gothel does. And she said yes,
and laid her hand in his. She said, I will

(41:25):
willingly go away with you, but I do not know
how to get down. Bring with you a skein of
silk every time that you come, and I will weave
a ladder with it, and when that is ready, I
will descend, and you will take me on your horse.

(41:50):
They agreed that until that time he should come to
her every evening, for the old woman came by day.
The enchantress remarked nothing of this, until once Rapunzel said
to her, tell me, Dame Gothel, how it happens that

(42:15):
you are so much heavier for me to draw up
than the young king's son. He is with me in
a moment, Ah, you wicked child, cried the enchantress, what
do I hear you say? I thought I had separated

(42:39):
you from all the world, and yet you have deceived me.
In her anger, she clutched Rapunzel's beautiful tresses, wrapped them
twice round. Her left hand seized a pair of scissors
with the right and snip, snip. They were cut off,

(43:06):
and the lovely braids lay on the ground. And she
was so pitiless that she took poor Rapunzel into a desert,
where she had to live in great grief and misery.
On the same day, however, that she cast out Rapunzel,

(43:32):
the Enchantress in the evening fastened the braids of hair
which she had cut off, to the hook of the window.
And when the king's son came and cried, Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
let down your hair. She let their hair down. The

(43:58):
king's son said, But he did not find his dearest
Rapunzel above. But the enchantress, who gazed at him with
wicked and venomous looks Aha. She cried mockingly. You would

(44:20):
fetch your dearest, But the beautiful bird sits no longer
singing in the nest. The cat has got it and
will scratch out your eyes as well. Rapunzel is lost
to you. You will never see her more. The king's

(44:45):
son was beside himself with pain, and in his despair
he let down from the tower. He escaped with his life,
but the thorns into to which he fell pierced his eyes.
Then he wandered quite blind about the forest ate nothing

(45:11):
but roots and berries, and did nothing but lament and
weep over the loss of his dearest wife. Thus he
roamed about in misery for some years, and at length
came to the desert where Rapunzel lived in wretchedness. He

(45:38):
heard a voice, and it seemed so familiar to him
that he went towards it. And when he approached, Rapunzel
knew him, and fell on his neck and wept. Two
of her tears wetted his eyes, and they grew clear again,

(46:04):
and he could see with them as before. He led
her to his kingdom, where he was joyfully received, and
they lived for a long time afterwards, happy and contented.

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