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Week 15 Reading Notes, Part A : The Witch Girl

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  The Girl Witch Image Source:  wikipedia.org One evening, a Cossack rode to a village and asked to stay He was offered a place to stay but if he didn't fear death When he went into the cottage, he saw women and children crying and praying After inquiring, he was told that at night death looks into a cottage and the next morning people are put in coffins When the people fell asleep. At midnight a window opened and a witch appeared She reached her arm in with her sprinkler and the Cossack cut off her arm She howled and left The Cossack cleaned up the blood and placed the witches arm under his coat The next morning when the master's of the home awoke, they saw everyone was still alive The Cossack explained that he would show them death He gathered the villagers to look for the witch When they got to the Ponomar's cottage, he explained that one of his daughters was ill He asked to see her, and it was a girl missing an arm The Cossack told the story and showed the arm The girl

EC Reading Notes: Rapunzel

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  Rapunzel Image Source :  etsy Once there was a man and a woman who longed for a child At the back of their house was a small window where they could see a beautiful garden The garden was surrounded by a high wall and was owned by an enchantress with great power The woman saw that there was rampion in the garden and wanted some for herself She told her husband that if she didn't get to eat any rampion that she would die The man climbed the wall to the garden and grabbed the rampion for her The lady made a salad but wanted more The man climbed down the wall again but the enchantress was standing before him He explained why he was trespassing and she told him he could take as much rampion as he wanted but they had to give her the child they would bring into the world The man consented and the enchantress went into the room and gave the child the name, Rapunzel. She took her When Rapunzel turned 12, the enchantress locked her in a tower The tower had no stairs or door but had a small