Rumpelstiltskin story for kids
Once there was a miller who was poor, but who had a
beautiful daughter. Now it happened that
he had to go and speak to the king, and in order to make himself appear
important he said to him, I have a daughter who can spin straw into gold. The king said to the miller, that is an art
which pleases me well, if your daughter is as clever as you say, bring her
to-morrow to my palace, and I will put her to the test.
And when the girl was brought to him he took her into a room
which was quite full of straw, gave her a spinning-wheel and a reel, and said,
now set to work, and if by to-morrow morning early you have not spun this straw
into gold during the night, you must die.
Thereupon he himself locked up the room, and left her in it alone. So there sat the poor miller's daughter, and
for the life of her could not tell what to do, she had no idea how straw could
be spun into gold, and she grew more and more frightened, until at last she
began to weep.
But all at once the door opened, and in came a little man, and
said, good evening, mistress miller, why are you crying so .Alas, answered the
girl, I have to spin straw into gold, and I do not know how to do it. What you will give me, said the manikin, if I
do it for you. My necklace, said the
girl. The little man took the necklace,
seated himself in front of the wheel, and whirr, whirr, whirr, three turns, and
the reel was full, then he put another on, and whirr, whirr, whirr, three time s
round, and the second was full too. And
so it went on until the morning, when all the straw was spun, and all the reels
were full of gold.
