Rapunzel+Letters

 **We read the story "Twice Upon a Time: The Story of Rapunzel, the One with all that Hair." Each student was asked to assume the role of this damsel in distress and pen a letter to their parents about their awful plight as a prisoner in the tower. Check out some of these letters below. Please feel free to comment on what you read!** Dear Parents:

This is horrible. The only two friends I have are Sir Kitty and Steven. Sir Kitty is a cat that Steven put in my room to keep me company. Steven is a green man that lives on top of my tower (prison!). He gives me stuff that I need to live (and stuff that I want). Steven gets to me from a trap door on my ceiling. He gets up there faster than I can say "bye". In my room I have a table, a pile of straw spilled on the ground that the witch calls a "bed" and a suitcase with my stuff in it. My hair is extremely long, in fact it's as long as my tower. It just won't stop growing. My tower is in a big forest. The witch is sooooo mean to me! Oh, and I almost forgot...I'm coming home soon because there is a boy named Benjamin coming to rescue me. He heard me singing and climbed up my hair.

Well, bye. I love you. See you two soon. I'm going to pack all of my stuff now.

Love you,

Rapunzel (aka Mia)

Dear Mom and Dad:

I need help! I'm locked in a nasty, old, ugly tower near a forest. Help me please! My "bed" is made out of straw. My hair is long. I need scissors to cut it. My clothes are dirty. I need to wash them. I have a helper here. His name is Steven. He is green and he comes through a trap door to bring me food and stuff. I also have some company. It is a cat I have named Sir Kitty. The other day a handsome guy heard me singing and climbed up my hair. I thought he was the witch and I hit him with a bowl. It turns out he is going to save me. He says he'll be back tomorrow so I might be home soon.

Love,

Rapunzel (aka Amber)

Dear Mom and Dad:

Why the heck did you trade me for some stupid herb? I'm now stuck in this awful tower which stinks because....well, I don't know why but it stinks really bad. If you want to know how bad it smells, sniff one of Dad's dirty socks.

I have this "bed" which is made of straw and hard as rock. The only up side to all this is I have a new friend. His name is Steven. No. Mom, he's not a boyfriend. He's just a guy the witch hired to get me food.

Can't you guys send the army or something? When they come, tell them to bring some biscuits and maybe some scissors and some nail polish. I'm hungry. My nails haven't been painted in weeks and my hair is crazy long. I need to cut it.

Please come soon. I can't take this much longer. I will write to you later...

Rapunzel (aka Keegan)

Dear Mom and Dad,

This is horrible! Save me! I can't stand being in this castle. I have to sleep in a straw "bed". I hate the witch because she make me sleep on a straw"bed". I have a cat in my room. His name is Sit Kitty. My tower is in a forest. The witch is so mean to me! It's so stuffy up here (sniff, sniff). In my room I have a table. The cat ate my lunch yesterday. I hope that somebody saves me. It is very dirty up here. I have very long hair. Rapunzel (aka Krystina)