Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 51
ed, and in stepped a tiny little man who said:Good evening, Miss Miller-maid; why are youcrying so bitterly? Oh! answered the girl, I have to spin strawinto gold, and havent the slightest notion how itsdone. What will you give me if I spin it foryou? asked the manikin. 33 34 RUMPELSTILTZKIN My… … As soon as the sun rose, the King came, and whenhe saw the gold he was astonished and delighted,but he wanted more of the precious metal. He hadthe millers daughter put into another room, muchbigger than the first and full of straw, and badeher, if she valued her life, spin it all into gold…
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