Rapunzel
And they lived happily ever after…
For a few years at least.
Not long after they were married, Rapunzel and the prince had a daughter whom they named Sage.
Years passed and the old king died, the prince was crowned king, and Sage grew into a beautiful girl with long golden hair like her mother's, beautiful green eyes and rosy cheeks. She was the most beautiful girl in the kingdom.
Sage liked to frolic in the garden next door where an evil enchantress lived. This woman was an ugly old hag that didn't like anything except changing animals to stone, irony, and her most precious garden.
One day, Sage was frolicking when the hag came out disguised as a friendly old woman. "What is your name dear? There is no reason to be afraid of old Amah. I won't hurt you."
"Well my name is Sage and I live in the castle next door. My father is the king. I'm sorry for trespassing but your garden is so lovely, I had to get closer."
"That's all right dear. Just think of me as your Grandmother. Won't you come inside for a bite to eat and something to drink?"
"Yes, thank you."
Sage followed the woman into the house. The woman quickly locked the door behind them. "Your name is Sage? That's the name of a plant I have in my garden, and pretty soon my pretty you'll be one!"
Before Sage could scream, a hag was standing before her and she, Sage, was a plant. The hag planted her in the garden with the other sage plants, underneath a sign that read: SAGE.
***
Queen Rapunzel tasted the soup that the royal chef was cooking. "It's missing something. I don't know what it is but it is definitely missing something."
She looked out of the window and saw a sign in the garden next door that read: SAGE.
"That's what it needs, sage."
"Your daughter?"
"No! The plant! My husband will get it for me. You stay here and keep cooking."
Rapunzel found him in the throne room after looking for half an hour. "There you are. I want you to go next door and collect sage, the plant, mind you! Take it to the cook. If you don't, no golf for a month!"
He grumbled, but still went into the garden next door. He met a kindly old woman (who in truth was the hag) who was more than happy to show him around. "And this, is the finest plant in my garden," she pointed to a sage plant, the one that happened to be his daughter.
"My wife sent me here to get a sage plant. May I have this one?"
"Well, I am partial to it… but I would be honored for you to have it! So go ahead and take it. Boil it in a soup."
So the king delivered the sage to the cook, who boiled it in soup. All the time it was cooking, the soup seemed to scream softly, but it couldn't be heard in the loud kitchen.
Everyone in the castle ate it all, and complemented the cook. They didn't realize the princess was missing until the next week. They never found her.
The hag was laughing all the while.
Moral: Watch what you eat.
A Very Fractured, The End.
