Re: CHAT: Rumpelstiltskin (was Re: milimpulaktasin)

In a message dated 5/2/01 10:17:11 PM, romilly@EGL.NET writes:

<< But both you and Muke missed the neatest part IMHO:   The young lady's name

is Rapunzel, and she has very long hair.  The gnome is on the ground; in

order to access her in the tower, he calls out:  Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let

down your hair! She does and he climbs up it.


Way back when, Stan Freberg recorded his version of the story, of which I

remember only :  Repulsive, Repulsive, let down your hair! >>

    This isn't...serious, right?  Rapunzel's a totally different fairy tale,
about a witch who locks a beautiful princess up in a tower and burns the
staircase to the room and a prince saves her by climbing up her hair.  That
hasn't got anything to do with Rumpelstiltskin.  Or...was it a joke?
<confused...>

-David