And when the ladder is long enough, we will both be able to climb out of here.

�Who says I�m alone in the room all the time?� said Rapunzel.

�What?!� said the witch. �Who has been up here with you?�
�No one!� said Rapunzel at once, in fear. �I mean, no one but you!�

The witch did not believe her. She started to look everywhere in the room for
something to prove that someone else had been there. Soon she found the ladder.
She held it high in the air. She yelled, �What is the meaning of this?�

�My friend the prince brought me the silk,� said Rapunzel.

"You will never see this prince again!� yelled the witch. She took out a knife.
Snip, snap, and Rapunzel's lovely braid was cut off!

Holding the braid in one hand, the witch laughed an evil laugh. With a stroke of
her magic, Rapunzel was cast away to a far-away desert. Then the witch stayed in
the tower room. She knew that soon the prince would come back.