That night, an already-aging Gothel sneaks into the palace and cuts a piece of Rapunzel's hair to use instead of the flower. The little princess has beautiful golden hair that glows with the magic of the flower. The king's guards uproot the flower and bring it back to the palace, where it is fed to the queen, who survives and gives birth to a daughter, Rapunzel. However, Gothel knocks the shrub away by accident when fleeing, causing the flower's glow to be visible in the darkness. Gothel realizes what they are looking for, and hides the flower under a false shrubbery, as she is unwilling to share it with anyone. In this way she lives for hundreds of years, keeping the flower hidden and never sharing it with anyone.įlynn goes on to tell how the king and queen of the land sent out a flying lantern in honor of the child they were expecting, but the queen became very sick, and the king sent out his people to search for the legendary golden flower, which is rumored to possess a powerful healing power. The flower is found by an old woman named Mother Gothel, who sings the song 'Healing Incantation' to it, causing it to restore her youth and beauty. The movie begins with Flynn Rider narrating, explaining how hundreds of years ago, a single drop of sunlight fell to Earth and bloomed into a magical golden flower. However, every year on her birthday, the kingdom sends floating lanterns into the sky, longing for their princess to return. One night, Gothel kidnaps Rapunzel and isolates her in a tower as her own daughter. The flower heals the queen and she gives birth to a girl named Rapunzel, who comes to inherit the flower's magic through her long golden hair. Her guards located the mysterious flower, hidden by Gothel, and bring it to the queen.

Centuries later, the queen of a large kingdom falls ill while expecting a child. 4 Differences between the book and the Original FairytaleĪn elderly woman named Gothel witnesses a single drop of sunlight hit the ground, creating a magical flower with the ability to keep herself young when she sings to it.

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