Re: CHAT: Rumpelstiltskin (was Re: milimpulaktasin)
From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
Date: | Thursday, May 3, 2001, 17:10 |
John Cowan wrote:
>Roger Mills wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Say what? That was a different story altogether, and it isn't a gnome who
>says "Let down your hair", but a prince!>
I acknowledged my BFTCS (Blurred Fairy Tale Conflation Syndrome) last night
when David Peterson also pointed this out-- but for obscure reasons the List
rejected my post. Apologies again to the miller's daughter, Rumpelst...,
Rapunzel, the prince, the frog, the mirror on the wall, and all others :-)