Rapunzel Folktale

In a place far away, there was a big mountain, and at the foot of the mountain there was a village. There were dozens of families living in the village for generations. There was a strange girl in the village who had long hair when she was born, and when she grew up, her hair became even longer, and when it fell down, it could be dragged to the ground, so everyone called her Long-haired Girl. Long-haired girl is very kind-hearted, often for the neighbors to solve problems, cheerful and optimistic character, usually like to blow. The sound of the Xiao she played was so beautiful that the farmers would forget their fatigue and the daughters-in-law who were quarreling would be angry, and sometimes the birds on the hills behind the village would be attracted to her house, circling above the eaves and chirping.

One year, there was a severe drought, and it didn't rain for several months. The sun was scorching like fire, and the clear river in front of the village was drying up, and the crops in the farmland were drooping, and they were about to die. The villagers went to the Dragon King Temple every day to make a wish for water, but the Dragon King just didn't show up. Folks look at the yellow crops in the ground, anxious, but how to do ah. If they continued like this, they could only wait for starvation and escape. At this time, the oldest white-bearded grandfather in the village remembered an old legend in the village: along the small river in front of the village, upstream, deep in the distant mountains, there is a spring, which leads to the distant East China Sea, there is a very big radish growing on the top of the spring, as long as the radish is plucked, the water will flow along the river and come to the village. If someone was sent to pull down that turnip, then the townspeople would be saved. However, there was a ferocious mountain god guarding the edge of that spring, and no one could pluck off that big radish without an order from the Jade Emperor in the sky. Although there were a few brave young men in the village who wanted to try, the old grandpa said that the mountain god was so powerful that we mortals would be no match for him, and that we would only die in vain if we went there. Even if we defeated the mountain god, we would still be violating the laws of heaven and would not be able to escape the punishment of the Jade Emperor. When everyone was talking and at a loss, Miss Long Hair volunteered to go and defeat the mountain god and pull out the radish. When the townspeople found out about this, they all tried to discourage her, but Rapunzel was so determined to try that they couldn't resist her. In the end, the long-haired girl dressed as the appearance of the mountain to pick medicine, prepared some dry food, back on the back basket, with their beloved long Xiao set off.

The long-haired girl along the village in front of the river upstream, over seven seventy-fourty-nine mountain passes, trips through the nine hundred and eighty-one streams, through all the hardship, and finally found that the legend of the spring, the spring above the real growth of a leafy radish, the tower of the tall mountain god guarded the side. Rapunzel pretended to be picking herbs and watched secretly for a long time, but there was no chance at all, and the mountain god did not leave the spring for a moment. At this time, the long-haired girl took out her beloved Xiao, played, wonderful Xiao echoed in the depths of the mountain, sometimes as if the season of blossoming flowers, spring swallows murmuring, groups of butterflies dancing, sometimes as if the empty mountain after the new rain of the summer twilight, the clear spring in the stone slowly flow, the new moon also began to slowly up the eastern mountain, not long, the hundred birds flew over, around the long-haired girl's head above the sky circling, the beasts in the mountains in this moment also hold their breath. At this moment, the beasts in the mountain also held their breath, crouching on the ground, that iron tower like the mountain god, heard this fairy music like Xiao sound, also seems to be intoxicated, the expression also became much softer, no longer so murderous. After a while, the long-haired girl Xiao sound a turn, as if in the silent afternoon, a mother in the soft humming lullaby, Buddha has a soft hand in gently caressing you. Not long after, the birds are falling asleep in the branches, the beasts in the mountains also yawned, the mountain god, finally can not resist, eyelids also seems heavy up, soon fell asleep. Rapunzel then gently walked over and pulled up the big carrot, and sure enough, a fresh spring gushed out, and in a short while it converged into a big stream, and the river flowed into the village, and the townspeople were finally saved.

Soon after, the Jade Emperor knew about this, and was furious, and sent the gods of heaven to arrest Rapunzel. The gods gave Rapunzel three days to say goodbye to the townspeople, and after three days, she was to be captured and imprisoned under the waterfall at the bottom of the spring, suffering from the pain of the water's impact for the rest of her life. The townspeople were all grieved, but there was nothing they could do. However, this was known to an old fairy, who admired Rapunzel's loyalty and bravery, sympathized with her, and wanted to save her. So, the old fairy came up with a solution. During the three days, the old fairy carved a stone man exactly like Rapunzel. However, there was no way to imitate that long hair. The old fairy let Rapunzel cut off her beloved long hair and put it on the head of that stone person, then the old fairy blew a mouthful of immortal breath, and a lifelike stone Rapunzel came to life. Finally, the fake stone Rapunzel fooled the gods and was caught. Unfortunately, Rapunzel's beautiful long hair will never grow again, but Rapunzel is still very happy, every evening, the townspeople will also hear Rapunzel's beautiful and beautiful Xiao sound.