Rumpelstiltskin

retold by Rohit

There was once a miller. He was very poor. He had a beautiful daughter. The miller had to pay his taxes, but he had no money.

Question: What should he do?

The man told the king that his daughter could spin straw into gold. But she could n't do it. The king ordered the daughter to spin lots of straw into gold.

Question: Could she do it?

She met a little man along the way and told him to spin straw to gold for her. Along the way, she got married to the king. The little man told her that she needs to guess his name and get it right in 3 days. She kept guessing ordinary names. Finally, on the last day, she still had ordinary guesses and the last guess was right!!. It was Rumpelstiltskin. She did n't have to give the baby away. They had a deal if she guesses his name, she gets to keep the first child and if she doesn't get it right, she needs to give the baby to Rumpelstiltskin.

Question: What was the man's name?