Rumpelstiltskin (2)

Rumpelstiltskin (2)


Suddenly the door flew open and in pranced a strange little man.

" I may be to help you, Mistress Miller, " he said.

" If you will give me your pretty glass nrcklace, I will spin the straw into gold before morning, " the little man went on.

" Oh thank you ! " gasped the miller's daughter.

The little man set to work, Whirr ! Whirr ! Whirr !
THree times round went the spinning wheel as each reel was filled.

In the morning, the King found only the miller's daughter and reel of golden golden thread.

” You have done very well indeed, " he said.
" But I wonder if you can perform the same trick twice. Tonight I shall give you more straw tgo spin, and we shall give you more straw tgo spin, and we shall see what happens. "

The miller's daughter was very frightened, but again the strange little man came to her rescue.

" Give me the ring from your finger, " he said," and I shall soon spin this straw into gold. "

The little man set to work, Whirr ! Whirr ! Whirr man set to work, Whirr ! Whirr ! Whirr !
Three times round went the spinning wheel as each reel times round went the spinning wheel as each reel was filled.

In the morning, the King was very pleased to see the beautiful girl surrounded by reels of golden thread.

" Tonight you shall have even more straw to spin, " he said.
" If you spin it all into gold by morning, you shall be my queen. "

This time, the miller's daughter cried more bitterly than ever.

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