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~ RUMPELSTILTSKIN
~ By THE BROTHERS GRIMM
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This is the story of RUMPELSTILTSKIN.
Yott can, read a.long witk me in yout· book.
You will know it i8 time to turn the page when ymt hear
tlie gold coin ring like thi.8 ...

LET'S BEGIN N OW:

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Once upon a time, so very long ago, there lived a

kindly miller and his beautiful daughter .
The miller was very proud of his daughter 's beauty,
and every chance he got, he would tell every,o ne about
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 One day the, king and his men were hunting in the
nearby forest. When the miller saw that the king was
young and handsome, the miller said t o himself, "I must
tell the king about my daughter. If he knows of her
ibea·u ty, he might marry her, and she would live ha.p pily
ever after. But how can I be sure t hat tlhe,y will marry?
Hmmm ... I kn.o w ! I will tell a little lie.''
The miller ran, down a hill to the King and his men.
He bowed low saying, "Sire, I have a daughter who is
not only beautiful, but, uh ... she .c an spin straw into

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 "Bring this girl t o me; at once!" said the King. For
though he was a king, he was not ve·r y rich, and he
needed gold.
When the king saw the girl he was delighted by
her beauty, but more so by her ability to spin gold. So
the king took t he rnille·r and the girl to his castle beyond
the forest.

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 When they arrived, the miller's daughter was locked
in a castle room that contained only a chair, a spinning
wheel, and a pile of straw.
"You have until morning to spin this straw into
gold," said the king.

The boastful miller w.a s locked in another room

w.h ere h·e had to stay until the king h.a d all the g·old he
needed. The miller grew very sad.
"I think I should not have told such a lie. Now I
have gotten myself AND my lovely daughter into
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 Now, of course, the miller;s daughter had never
spun straw into gold, nor did she know how it was done-.
She looked at the straw, and she looked at the spinning
wheel, and she burst into tears.
Suddenly .a voice said, ''Why d.o you weep, mistress
miller?" The girl looked up, and the·r e in th·e center of
the room stood a tiny little man. The girl was very
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surprised. "Where did you come from?"
 "Never you mind, my dear. Tell me why you weep."
And so the miller's daught er t old t he s trange little
man of her plight. He listened and then said, "H mmm.
Spin straw into ,g old., eh? What will you give me if I
spin the straw into gold for you?"
The girl offered him !her pearl necklace. "It is very
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 "Done!" cr ied the lit tle man, and he j umped to
the s.p inning wheel. Whi.irr, whirr. Right before the
astonished girl's eyes the straw was turned into bright
gold coins!
As th·e strange little fellow worked, he sang a song
to the rhythm of the spinning wheel.

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 By morning every piece of straw had been spun
into golden coins, and the magical man had disappe.a red.
The king was so de]ighted when he saw all the gold,
that he decided he must have more.
'•Guards! Fill the room with twice as much straw
as befo1·e. The girl will spin me twice as much gold!'''
Once again the miller's daughter sat alone in the
locked room and looked at the huge piles of straw. She
began to cry.
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 But, POOF! The litt]e man appeared again.
"What will you give me this time to work my
magic?"
The girl slipped a ring off her finger. "Will you
accept this as payment? It is the most precious thing
I own."
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A love.l y iring!" danced the little man, an,d .h e
jumped to the spinnLng wheel and began to spin. Oruy
this time, because there was twice as much straw as
before, the strange little man had to spin much , much
faster. The wheel whirred round and round. as he sang
his spinning song.
By morning the job was done. All the straw was
gone, and so was the magical little man. When tihe king
came into the room, he saw great heaps of golden coins.

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0h, miller's daughter! Not only are you the most
beautiful girl in the land, but also the cleverest. If you
will spin me but one more roomful of gold, you shall be
my wife!"
This time the room was piled from floor to ceiling
with ,s traw. Once more, all alone, the girl sat by the
spinning wheel and grew very sad.
Suddenly the funny little man popped into view and
again offered his help. However, the girl did not smile,
for she had already given the man h.e r necklace and
ring.
"I have nothing left to give!" she sob·bed.
"Well, I must g·e t something for my work." The
little man thought hard. "If I spin this straw into gold,
you will marry the king, is that right?"
The girl nodded yes.
"Then, in retur n for my work, you must promise me
your first~born child!"

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 Well, that was precious payment indeed! But the
poor girl was so ,desperate t!hat she agreed. With that,
t he little man jumped to the wheel and began spinning
faster than ever.
The wheel was a blur of speed. All night long the
strange little man spun and spun. As he cleared awa,y
one pile or straw he would replace it with a pile of gold.
The miller's daughter grew quite dizzy watchi.n g the
little man run quickly back and forth wit h straw and
gold. And her eyes couldn't even follow the speed of
the wheel any more.

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 So s,h.e shut her eyes tight and soon fell asleep. When
sh. e aw,o ke in the morning the little man was gone and
the roo,m was filled to the ceiling with gold!
The king was over,come with delight when he saw
the gold shining in the morning light, an.d the mill·e r's
daughter beside it, even more !beautiful than the g,old.
He orc:lered the marriage ceremonies to begin at
once, and the miller to be set ;f ree. And that is how th.e
miller's daughter became ,a queen.
In a year's time1. the young queen gave b.i !rth to a
beautiful baby daughte·r .

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 All the peo,pEe in the land rejoiced when they heard
of the birth of a princess.
There was singing and dancing in the s treetst and
all the houses were covered with flowers and flags.
Yet none wer,e more pleased than the happy king
and his queen.
But one dark, cloudy ,d ay1 as the queen sat ho,lding
her baby, sihe heard a chuckle behind he.r .
She turned, and saw the same little man who had
~ helped her spin s traw into gold .

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 "I'll take that babe, my queen," he said, holding out
his ,h ands. "Remem,b er your promise to give me your
:first- born child?"

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0h~ no!'' she cri,ed, for she had forgotten their
agreement . T.he queen wept and pleaded with the little
man. She of fered him bags of gold and jewelr.y. E.u t
he shook his head.
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No, a baby .is lfar more p.recious than any of these
thin.,g s! But I will give you a chance. T'e ll me, within
three days, wh.a.t my name is. If you can ,g uess right ,
you shal[ keep the baby, and n.eve:r see me again.1'
And with that h e disappeared.
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The next day :he was back again, and th e queen said
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a~l the names she· could think o·f . But the little man j ust

shook .h is head, and we.n t away chuckling.

T.he next day the queen sent messengers to, the
village to fin d the names of' all the people there. ,S.he
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said them. t o the lit tle man when he c.ame.

But the little man just shook his head, and went
away chuckling.
 On the third. da,y , one o.f the messengers went to the
q.u.e en and said, '"Last night I came to a high mountain
at the edge of the forest, .and there I saw a fQnny little
house. .In. front of the house a f ire was burning, and a
strange little· man was da:ncing around the fire singing
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 "Today l brew, tomorrow I bake,
The next day the queen's child I take.
For the queen can never guess my fame -
That Rumpelstiltskin is my name."
As soon as the queen heard these wordst she knew
that she wa.s saved. She rewarded the messenger with a
sack of gold, then sat down to await the little man. 21
 The little man appeared, and the queen began to say
more names to him.
"Harry and Parry? Willaimsey-Morrisey? Or Piffil-
Snits-Hopewell-Jones'?"
But it was none of these (as the queen well knew),
22 and the little man held out his arms for the baby.
 But tihe queen held her baby tightly. "'Wait now,
li.t tle man. If those names are alJ. wrong then, truly, it
must be ~ Rumpe·l stilt skin !''
O.h;. how angry that little man was! ''Someone told
y·ou ! Someone told you!" He scireamed and! h,e groan,ed
and he tore at his hair and he pulled at his beard and
he started to stamp his feet. And do you .k n,ow, he
stamped so h&',d he stamped himself right through.
the f]oor.
And he has not been seen again, from th.a t day to
this.

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 And so the king and the queen and their little
daughter, and,of course, the miller, too, all lived happily
ever after.

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 Complete Your Little Golden
Book and Record*Library with
the Following Titles:

201 THE SAGGY BAGGY ELEPHANT

202 TAWNY SCRAWNY LION
203 THE POKY LITTl.E PUPPY
204 RUMPELSTILTSKIN
205 SCUFFV THE 11'UGBOAT
200 THUMBEl.INA
201 II. ITTLE BOY WITH A BIG HORN
206 PUSS IN BOOTS
209 CHICKEN L~'ITTLE
210 THE LAA GE ANO GROWLY BEAR
211 TOOTl.E

. r'b- -"" ,, ::Q 212 THE COLOR KITTENS

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214 THE TAXI THAT HURRIED
215 SMOKEY THE BEAR
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217 THE PUSSYCAT TIGER
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222 SEVEN LITTLE POSTMEN
223 THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A DRAGON
224 THE LITTLE IF AT POLllCEMAN
252 RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSE REINDEER
253 FROSTY THE SNOW MAN
254 THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
255 JINGLE BELLS
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