BACKSTORY - Told by storyteller – this portion
may be edited to in rolling “star wars” type script on screen)
Once upon a time there was a rumor that an
ageless princess named Rapunzel, was held captive in a high tower guarded by a
large red dragon. It was said many a brave man had tried to rescue her but was
never seen or heard from after he tried. One day a very young naive knight who
was ranging along wondered about the tower and the dragon and if it were myth.
He asked the king about the tower but was told to forget it and focus on
winning glory for the realm in the battles to come. Curiosity got the better of
young knight and he, donned his armor, sharpened his sword, waxed his lance,
polished his shield, and ride his horse and visited the tower. This is
his tale…
OPENING
At the drawbridge of the tower he was met by the
fearsome dragon. The dragon warned the knight that if he try to pass he would
be burned and eaten, and would be given only this warning. The young knight,
now more determined to prove his courage, rose his lance and challenged the
dragon. The dragon said that he is getting to old for this sort of thing and if
they can come to an agreement. The knight would be allowed to proceed, only if
agreed to give up his weapons and armor. The dragon also said there is one way
up to the tower you must tell Rapunzel to let down her hair and climb. The
knight thinking that this is his lucky day agreed. He proceeded skipping on to
the tower.
The knight could see a woman’s figure in the
high window of the tower. Excitedly he cried “Rapunzel ! Let down your hair, so
that I may come up and visit you!” Rapunzel let down her hair and he excitedly
climbed. It took him about an hour but he finally made it. Rapunzel was as
beautiful as he fantasized.
CONFLICT
They talked, laughed and played for a bit but
Rapunzel started to act strange. Rapunzel would be nice one minute and the next
raging and furious. Rapunzel and the knight would argue and she would demand
that he leave, and as the knight walked to window to figure out how he would
leave she would beg him to stay. The knight noticed a bottle Zyprexa on the
counter, He figured Rapunzel may need them and offered them to her. Rapunzel
became more upset and threw the pills out of the window! What the knight thought
would be few hours of fun, seemed to turn into years of misery! The knight
tried to sooth her but she became upset again and start to fight and argue. The
knight was confused and decided that he had enough, He demanded that Rapunzel
let her hair down so he could climb down and leave. In a rage Rapunzel shaved
her hair and threw it into the fire! She told him he could never leave and that
he would have to stay forever. She then grabbed her scissors and tried to stab
the knight chasing him around the room.
RESOLUTION
Outside the window the knight saw the dragon
watching. He begged the dragon to help. Laughing the dragon agreed and told him
to jump out and onto his back. The knight leaped to the dragon. Rapunzel
screamed and demanded that the dragon bring the knight back. The knight hugged
the dragon and thanked it for rescuing him. As they flew the dragon giggled and said to
the knight “Sometimes, princesses are locked in towers to protect them from the
world, and other times they are locked up so to protect the world from
them....”
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