Isla and the Lantern Wishes

A tower, a lantern-lit sky and hair as long as the story

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ChildIsla, aged 5
StoryRapunzel
Book8 pages, one photo
Picture styleIllustrated
Illustration strengthLow
Illustration lookLuminous drawing

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Isla and the Lantern Wishes

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Five-year-old Isla grew up in one round room atop a tower with no door. Each year, her golden hair grew longer, until it brushed the forest below.
The witch climbed Isla’s long braid to visit. “Outside is not safe,” she warned. Isla listened, but wondered why a safe home had no way out.
One evening, Isla watched lanterns rise above a distant kingdom. They shone like wishes finding their way. “I’m ready to see it myself,” Isla whispered.
A lost traveller stopped below Isla’s window, his horse nibbling clover. “Where is the door?” he called. “There isn’t one,” Isla answered. For once, someone looked as puzzled as she felt.
Isla tied her golden braid to the windowsill hook. With the traveller watching below, she climbed down hand over hand, all the way along the tower wall.
At last, Isla stood barefoot at the tower’s foot and stepped onto real grass. The traveller smiled from a few paces away. Keeping her shut away had never kept her safe.
Through forests and past rivers, Isla travelled with her new friend. At the harbour festival, friendly strangers welcomed her. Isla raised her own lantern as a thousand lights floated up around her.
Isla braided her long hair and coiled it over one shoulder. The witch’s trick had failed. With friends waiting ahead, Isla turned her back on the tower and walked into the kingdom for good.

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