Rapunzel gasped. "Oh no, Prince!
The witch is back.
You must hide! Quickly!"
The prince crawled under the bed.
Rapunzel let down her hair.
The witch climbed up.
"Is something wrong, Witch?" Rapunzel asked.
"Did you forget something?"
The witch did not answer.
She looked around the room.
Then she marched over to the bed. "Aha!"
The witch dragged the prince out.
"I knew someone was visiting you, Rapunzel!
You broke your promise again!"
The old woman pointed a finger at the prince.
She mumbled some magic words.
Then . . . zap!
A spell blasted from her finger.
The spell shot the prince far into the forest!
Rapunzel screamed. "Where did he go?
Is he hurt? Bring him back!"
"Never!" the witch cried.
"You disobeyed me!
I will never let you go now.
You will stay locked in this tower forever!"
"No!" Rapunzel cried.
"I am almost 18.
You said you would let me go home."
The witch laughed. "Silly goose!
I was never going to set you free.
You will stay here forever.
And no one will ever visit you again!"
The witch reached into her basket.
She pulled out a large pair of scissors.
Snip, snip!
She cut off Rapunzel's long hair!
The witch tied Rapunzel's braid to the window.
Then she climbed down.
Rapunzel reached for the braid.
She started to pull up the hair again.
"Drop that!" the witch yelled.
She pointed at Rapunzel.
Something stung Rapunzel's hand.
"Ouch!" Rapunzel cried, letting go.
The long rope of hair fell to the ground.
It lay in a heap at the bottom of the tower.
"Ha!" The witch croaked.
"Now you can never escape!"