Have you ever heard the tale
Of the famous Rapunzel ?
They say she was a beauty
(Though she was a bald baby)
Yet when she started in life,
She had a dumb dad whose wife
A mean fatso who indeed,
Never satisfied her greed.
One day the wife saw next door
The strawberries of her neighbour.
“Now get me over that wall!”
Quoth she. He gave her a roll,
And a shove and a push
(That flew her straight in a bush).
The noise she made did not fail,
To wake the witch. Rapunzel,
Who was in fact on her way,
And would be born the next day,
Was swapped against bags of fruit!
She was born and got the boot,
Settled down like no one does,
Was raised by the witch who was –
(Let us face it, dear madams,
More a mum than most women)
This witch was dressed in pink and
She tried her spells beforehand
On her beloved daughter
Whose beauty all were after.
Some accident must have been,
For soon they left, weren’t since seen.
Once, the witch came to a mall,
Banging on the doors of all,
In need of some good scissors.
Twas then the hair tale occurred:
All thought the witch (who was weird)
Wished to trim the hair (or beard)
Of her daughter’s head (or chin).
Then a young lad who had been
(Like you, wrapped up in stories)
Went to the tower, said, “Please!
“May I see the mademoiselle,
Whose title is Rapunzel?”
The witch said, “No you may not!”
So the lad began to plot.
He then cried, “Let down your hair!”
No one answered. He despaired.
A fairy who heard him fret
Told him Rapunzel’s secret.
The lad returned the next day,
With manliness, spoke the say:
“Rapunzel, oh Rapunzel!
“Please oh please! Let down your tail!”
Indeed, on the girl’s behind
The witch, though awfully kind,
Accidently put a tail!
All the pairs of scissors had failed
To cut it off. So the lad
Had brought a big ax he had.
Starting to climb to the top,
Suddenly a mighty drop
Sent him tumbling to the ground,
Making a loud ripping sound.
Oh it was gore, it was wild!
The tail was ripped off the child!
All that was left was a stump.
The girl’s beauty made a lump
In the lad’s throat. Ax held high,
He broke inside with a cry.
This shows that with tails in tales,
There are drastic details.
Rapunzel married the lad,
Had ten babies. All were glad.
The witch was the Godmother,
Happily ever after.
Yet when nappies were on sale,
A hole must always be cut…
For the tail.
Author notes
This is supposed to be for younger children... like the Revolting Rhymes Dahl wrote. (though I personally think anyone can appreciate them.)
Babies with tails is supposed to be sort of malicious humour... I'm not sure whether it's revolting or not
I actually focused on parody and twists because that's how I see Roald Dahl...
Apart from that I highly recommend Revolting Rhymes, I know some bits off by heart and always love listening/reading them.
What do you think?
A contest entry
- Write Like Dahl! by davidjmartin.
450 points, ended December 17, 2007, 8 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
what do you think of the title?
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great!
I think that the title is very very great!
its very unique
*Scratches chin*
Very long but very very very great peice!!!!
you write in such a way that I can't describe.. like you have your own special way of writing.. but thats what makes us unique!!!!!! like I said I do very much love the poem.. its very good.. How did you come up with a great name like that???? Rapunzel, I really like that name...Rapunzel... Lol... very kwl.. whats it mean??? or does it mean anything???? well anways its a very very great peice one shot and keep writing cuz i love your poems!!!! very very good...
toodles!!!
--xxhoopst21xx
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Thanks!! Don't you know the tale of Rapunzel? It's really famous! This was a sort of pardoy... Thank you so much for your comments.
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The new title is great.
Congratulations
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I love this! Very creative and funny, and definitely written like Dahl, excellent! Best of luck in the contest!
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Very Well Done
I think that you have by far put the most effort into your poem, displaying a fair knowledge of how Roald Dahl wrote poetry. You have indeed, wrote like Dahl. Generally, the metre and rhyme were great, and the tale, funny and entertaining with a great ending. As you mentioned, Roald Dahl was great at writing parodies, especially ones that had a gruesome twist to the tale, like this does. The only criticism I have is that I think you should remove 'Revolting Rhymes' from the title, and make it more of your own. Nicely done. Good luck
Drayton.
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What do you think of the title now? sort of weird... I like this one better. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Hi! Thanks for the great comment!
Yes, perhaps the title is too general... I'll try to think of something or just call it "Rapunzel's Tale" as it could be Rapunzel's tail... hihi
Thank you!!!
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HA!!! Very good!
Oh, I love take-offs on old poems and stories and yours is so fine! 
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thanks a lot
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