In this chapter, we meet a chameleon named pascal and his only friend, rapunzel. In the story, a kingdom has been established and the queen is about to give birth to a baby girl when she gets sick and runs out of time. She drops the magic of a flower to heal her and the baby girl is born healthy, but the magic is lost once the hair is cut. The princess is taken to the forest and raised by her guardian, gothel, who lives in a tower hidden in the forest. The narrator tells us that this is the day of pascal's 18th birthday. He's going to ask his mother to let him go outside, but she won't let him.