There once was a poor miller who had a beautiful daughter
The miller found himself in a conversation with the king
The miller told the king that his daughter could spin straw into gold
The king believed the miller and summoned the miller's daughter to his castle
The miller's daughter was put in a room full of straw and the necessary tools
The king stipulated that she should turn all of the room's straw into gold before morning, or else she would be put to death
Once inside the room, the girl was sad and began to cry, because she didn't know how to spin straw into gold like her father said she could
Come evening time, a little man came in to see what was wrong
The man heard about the girl's problem and offered to spin the straw into gold for something in return
The girl offered a necklace she was wearing
The little man agreed and went to work
The following morning, the king was happy
The king assigned the girl an even bigger room of straw to complete before morning
The girl made another deal with the little man but instead had to give the man the ring off her finger
The man completed the task
The following morning, the king was pleased with what the miller's daughter was able to produce.
The king put the girl in an even bigger room but offered to marry her if she could complete the same task, but with more straw
The girl made another deal with the little man but instead had to promise the man that she would give him her first-born once she is queen
The king saw what she was able to produce the following morning
The king decided to marry the miller's daughter
The king and new queen had been married for a year when the queen begot a child
The little man came for his payment
The queen was not agreeable to fulfilling her side of the deal
The little man took pity on her and said that she could have three days to try and figure out his name, and if she could, then she could keep her child
The queen spent the next few days trying to figure out the little man's name
She sent out messengers, inquired within the city, and almost anything possible to figure out the little man's name
Fortunate for the queen, on the third day, a messenger came with a report of hearing a man singing to himself in the woods
The song that the messenger heard contained the little man's name
The little man came a third and final time to see if the queen had come to know his name
The queen provided the name from the song her messenger had heard: "Rumpelstiltskin"
Rumpelstiltskin shouted with anger and stomped his right foot so hard into the ground that he fell in up to his waist
The miller found himself in a conversation with the king
The miller told the king that his daughter could spin straw into gold
The king believed the miller and summoned the miller's daughter to his castle
The miller's daughter was put in a room full of straw and the necessary tools
The king stipulated that she should turn all of the room's straw into gold before morning, or else she would be put to death
Once inside the room, the girl was sad and began to cry, because she didn't know how to spin straw into gold like her father said she could
Come evening time, a little man came in to see what was wrong
The man heard about the girl's problem and offered to spin the straw into gold for something in return
The girl offered a necklace she was wearing
The little man agreed and went to work
The following morning, the king was happy
The king assigned the girl an even bigger room of straw to complete before morning
The girl made another deal with the little man but instead had to give the man the ring off her finger
The man completed the task
The following morning, the king was pleased with what the miller's daughter was able to produce.
The king put the girl in an even bigger room but offered to marry her if she could complete the same task, but with more straw
The girl made another deal with the little man but instead had to promise the man that she would give him her first-born once she is queen
The king saw what she was able to produce the following morning
The king decided to marry the miller's daughter
The king and new queen had been married for a year when the queen begot a child
The little man came for his payment
The queen was not agreeable to fulfilling her side of the deal
The little man took pity on her and said that she could have three days to try and figure out his name, and if she could, then she could keep her child
The queen spent the next few days trying to figure out the little man's name
She sent out messengers, inquired within the city, and almost anything possible to figure out the little man's name
Fortunate for the queen, on the third day, a messenger came with a report of hearing a man singing to himself in the woods
The song that the messenger heard contained the little man's name
The little man came a third and final time to see if the queen had come to know his name
The queen provided the name from the song her messenger had heard: "Rumpelstiltskin"
Rumpelstiltskin shouted with anger and stomped his right foot so hard into the ground that he fell in up to his waist
The little man then grabbed his left foot with both of his hands and ripped himself up the middle in two
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| The miller's daughter and the little man. Source |
Bibliography: D. L. Ashliman, The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales, Source
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