There once was a little dwarf sized man, that was roaming the castle, when he heard someone wailing.The little man followed the crying to a door, he opened the door to find a beautiful maiden.He said “Good evening, fair maiden; why do u weep so much?” “Ah” she replied “I must spin this straw into gold, and I am sure I do not know how”
So the little man asked “What will you give me if I spin it for you”
“My necklace,” said the maiden.
A great deal the little man thought, so he took the necklace. Placed himself in front of the wheel, and whirr, whirr, whirr, three times round, and the bobbin was full. Then he set up another, and whirr, whirr, whirr, three times round again, and a second bobbin was full; and so he went all night long, until all the straw was spun and the bobbins were full of gold.
The next night the little man, was once again in the castle, when as before he heard the wailing again, just like the last time he went in and asked her what she would give him for his assistance. “The ring off my finger” she replied. The man thought that was a fair deal, so he took it, and began to spin at once, and by morning all the straw was turned to gold.
When he knew the maiden was alone, he went to her and asked “What will you give me to do this for you?”
“I have nothing left that I can give you” replied the maiden.
“Then promise me your first-born child if you become Queen,” he said.
The maiden promised the man what he decided; and he immediately set about and finished the spinning, for he was overjoyed at the prospect of having a child, because he was a very lonely man.
A year had passed before the new queen had a child, the man waited until a few days after the birth to collect his payment.When the man arrived the Queen offered him all the riches of the kingdom if he would leave her child alone, but the dwarf sized man answered “No; something human is dearer to me than all the wealth of the world
The Queen began to weep and groan so much that the man pitied her, and said, I will leave you three days to consider; if you in that time discover my name you shall keep your child.
The following morning the dwarf went back to the castle, and the queen asked all kinds of name’s such as “Caspar,” “Melchior,” “Balthassar,” and all the odd names she knew; but at each the little man said “That is not my name.” The next day when the little man come back, the Queen called the Dwarf a lot of different name’s like “Ribs-of-Beef,” “Sheep-Shank,” “Whalebone,” but at each name he said “This is not my name.” The dwarf knew that the Queen would never guess his name, he was so happy that he ended up dancing around his fire while singing
“‘To-day I stew, and then I’ll bake,
To-morrow I shall the Queen’s child take;
Ah! how famous it is that nobody knows
That my name is Rumpelstiltskin.'”
The next day when the dwarf went back to the castle, he asked “Now my Queen what is my name?”
First she said, “Are you called Conrade?” “No”
“Are you called Hal” “No”
“Are you called Rumpelstiltskin”
“A witch has told you! A witch has told you” he shrieked, and he stamped his right foot so hard in the ground with rage that he could not pull it out again.Then he took hold of his left leg with both his hands, and pulled away so hard that his right came off in the struggle, and he hopped away howling terribly.And from that day on the little dwarf called Rumpelstiltskin never went back to the queen that cheated her way out of a deal.
The End
What am i learning?
I am how to tell the same story but from a different perspective.
How does this work show my learning?
This work show's my learning because i have told the story Rumpelstiltskin but from his perspective when normally the story is told from the queen's point of view.
What am i wondering?
I am wondering if you could tell this story from some else's perspective that isn't the queen or Rumpelstiltskin.
