Once upon a time there was a man and a woman who had long, but to no avail, wished for a child. Finally the woman came to believe that the good Lord would fulfill her wish.
從前有一個男人和一個女人，他倆一直想要個孩子，可總也得不到。最後，女人只好希望上帝能賜給她一個孩子。
Through the small rear window of these people's house they could see into a splendid garden that was filled with the most beautiful flowers and herbs. The garden was surrounded by a high wall, and no one dared enter, because it belonged to a sorceress who possessed great power and was feared by everyone.
他們家的屋子後面有個小窗戶，從那裡可以看到一個美麗的花園，裡面長滿了奇花異草。可是，花園的周圍有一道高牆，誰也不敢進去，因為那個花園屬於一個女巫。這個女巫的法力非常大，世界上人人都怕她。
One day the woman was standing at this window, and she saw a bed planted with the most beautiful rapunzel. It looked so fresh and green that she longed for some. It was her greatest desire to eat some of the rapunzel. This desire increased with every day, and not knowing how to get any, she became miserably ill.
一天，妻子站在窗口向花園望去，看到一塊菜地上長著非常漂亮的萵苣。 這些萵苣綠油油、水靈靈的，立刻就勾起了她的食慾，非常想吃它們。這種慾望與日俱增，而當知道自己無論如何也吃不到的時候，她變得非常憔悴，臉色蒼白，痛苦不堪。
Her husband was frightened, and asked her, "What ails you, dear wife?"
她丈夫嚇壞了，問她："親愛的，你哪裡不舒服呀？
"Oh," she answered, " if I do not get some rapunzel from the garden behind our house, I shall die."
"啊，"她回答，"我要是吃不到我們家後面那個園子裡的萵苣，我就會死掉的。"
The man, who loved her dearly, thought, "Before you let your wife die, you must get her some of the rapunzel, whatever the cost."
丈夫因為非常愛她，便想："與其說讓妻子去死，不如給她弄些萵苣來，管它會發生什麼事情呢。"
So, just as it was getting dark he climbed over the high wall into the sorceress's garden, hastily dug up a handful of rapunzel, and took it to his wife. She immediately made a salad from it, which she devoured eagerly.
黃昏時分，他翻過圍牆，溜進了女巫的花園，飛快地拔了一把萵苣，帶回來給她妻子吃。妻子立刻把萵苣做成沙拉，狼吞虎嚥地吃了下去。
It tasted so very good to her that by the next day her desire for more had grown threefold. If she were to have any peace, the man would have to climb into the garden once again.
這萵苣的味道真是太好了，第二天她想吃的萵苣居然比前一天多了兩倍。 為了滿足妻子，丈夫只好決定再次翻進女巫的園子。
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