Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Rapunzel
who had long blond hair and a beautiful smile.
She lived in a small town, and everyone that met her grew fond of her.
She was a hairdresser,
and her salon was always crowded with clients as a result of her kindness and good manners.
Every morning, as usual, she would leave home to go to her hair salon.
Good morning! It's a beautiful day, isn't it?
Good morning Rapunzel!
What a cute little kid you are!
When she arrived at her shop, there was a queue outside.
Where have you been, Rapunzel?
I'll be late for work, come on, open your shop!
Okay, okay! Don't worry, I'll take care of everyone immediately.
However, there was another hair salon across Rapunzel's.
The owner of this shop was a wicked, jealous woman named Evilia.
She had had to move out of every town she'd been in because she was not a skilled hairdresser,
and she didn't treat her clients nicely.
She watched Rapunzel's every move, with envious eyes.
Evilia wanted to meet Rapunzel so she could befriend her;
that way she could get to know Rapunzel better and discover her weaknesses.
Evilia wanted to get rid of her so she could become the only hairdresser in town.
She waited until Rapunzel's clients were gone.
Hello neighbor!
Hello!
I've just moved in.
I hope you're not upset that I opened a hair salon across from yours.
I'm so happy you did.
There are so many clients in this town that we'll have enough for both of us.
Besides, competition is good; it encourages people to do a better job.
I see… I'm a fierce competitor.
You can be sure of that!
Hahaha! Awesome!
So, tell me, why did you become a hairdresser?
I've been to many places and made a lot of friends; but that's not enough for me.
I want to make myself useful and help people.
I enjoy enhancing people's beauty!
So, you're a friendly hairdresser!
Yes, I am. What about you? Why are you a hairdresser?
I only do it for the money. I don't care about anything else!
That's strange. But anyhow,
I hope you find what you're looking for here. Good luck with your new hair salon, neighbor!
Days passed by.
While Rapunzel went on with her life,
Evilia was failing miserably at her job, and clients were leaving her shop unhappily.
Evilia finally realized that she was not good at this job, so she plotted an evil plan.
I think I've figured it out!
I know what I'll do to you Rapunzel…
In the evening, after Rapunzel had closed her shop,
Evilia sneaked in Rapunzel's hair salon.
She wanted to teach Rapunzel a lesson she wouldn't forget.
She emptied the shampoo bottles and filled them with glue.
She knew that her customers would never visit Rapunzel's salon once they saw they had sticky hair.
Nobody can compete with Evilia, you snooty blondie.
Tomorrow will be the end of your dreams!
The next morning, Rapunzel happily opened her shop as usual.
She had brought along her dog, Hazelnut.
Rapunzel immediately started cleaning up the place.
While Rapunzel swept the floors and dusted the furniture, Hazelnut was prancing around excitedly.
While Rapunzel was wiping the hair washing sink,
Hazelnut knocked over one of the shampoo bottles near the sink.
Poor Hazelnut got stuck in place because of the spilled glue!
Rapunzel immediately helped Hazelnut get out of that sticky situation.
She wondered who could have done such a terrible thing.
If it hadn't been for poor Hazelnut, she would have poured the glue in her customers' hair!
In the meantime, Evilia awaited anxiously to hear about Rapunzel's mishap.
With a sinister smile on her face, she waited and waited.
Let's see what you'll do when your customers' hair get all sticky!
Hours later, Evilia saw how Rapunzel's customers were leaving with a big smile on their face.
The wicked grin on Evilia's lips began to fade away.
HOW COULD THIS BE?
How did this little blonde witch manage to get away from my trap?
Rapunzel was a very smart girl and had remembered Evilia's comment about being competitive.
So she pretended to drop one of the bottles that Evilia had filled with glue and went back inside.
Evilia wanted to understand what had gone wrong, so she washed her hair with glue thinking it was shampoo.
Her hands got stuck to her hair. She was furious when she realized she had been tricked.
You're going to pay for this, Rapunzel!
I'll make you pay!
The next evening, Rapunzel locked up her shop happily satisfied, knowing she had done a great job.
On her way home, a shadow prowled behind the trees.
It was none other than Evilia.
I'm going to make you pay for this.
Evilia then went back to get a jerrican and poured gasoline around Rapunzel's shop.
She lit a match and set the place ablaze.
With a malevolent smile on her face, Evilia stood in front of her own shop,
as she watched Rapunzel's salon burn down.
But Evilia hadn't realized that when she set Rapunzel's shop ablaze, her hair had accidentally caught fire.
Flames engulfed Evilia's shop too.
Two hair salons were on fire. It was too late to do anything.
The next morning when Rapunzel arrived to her salon, she only found ashes.
She fell to her knees in anguish and started crying.
What am I going to do now?
I spent so much time and money on my place!
The townspeople surrounded Rapunzel.
They were all sad for her.
We have to help her.
What can we do?
I can give her a year's rent.
I can do all the woodwork.
And I can donate the supplies and equipment she needs.
I can paint inside the shop.
When Rapunzel heard all this, she was so happy that this time she cried tears of joy.
Come on then, let's get to work!
All the townspeople got to work and built a brand new hair salon for Rapunzel
--it was even better than the former one.
I don't know how to thank you all.
You can repay us by continuing to be good. We don't need anything else.
And what happened to Evilia?
She was ashamed and couldn't bear to stay there, so once again she skipped town.