Having been locked inside the tower for three days the miller’s daughter was beginning to despair. The King had told her, in no uncertain terms, that this was a life or death situation; she would either spin the straw into gold, or she would face an unthinkably gruesome fate.
Just as she was about to give up all hope, with her calloused hands uselessly pleading with the spinning wheel for an unlikely miracle, something unexpected happened…
Over by the open window, where rays of sunlight poured into the cramped enclosure, there appeared a small and peculiar being...
Can you continue the story?
Who had big ears, huge feet, was a very different creature. It was an elf. When he found the girl she was crying a lot. The more the girl knew he was there, to help her, because she had begged a lot to leave that place because she was tired and very hungry. The more he wanted something in return to help her, he said that when she was to marry that she would marry your son. Years later he came back and asked to marry her, but she didn't want to, because she already had a Prince in her life. So she asked for a chance, he gave it a chance and said that if she guessed which place he was coming from, she didn't need to get married. She tried for several days until a fairy appeared and told her that he came from a place called Rumpelstiltskin . And so the girl can marry her prince and lived happily ever after.
Who are the two characters in the picture?
miller's daughter and the elf.
What is ‘an unthinkably gruesome fate’?
Something that is going to happen, impossible to think too bad or unpleasant.
Discuss the King’s behaviour. What type of man do you think the King is?
A very bad person, who only thinks about him and material things.
How do you think the miller feels, given all that is happening to his daughter?
Very sad.
What is a miller?
Person working at a mill.
Is Rumpelstiltskin good or bad? You may have to do more research into the Grimm fairy tale before you pass judgment.
Good because it helped the girl out of that place. Worse because I wanted her to do something she didn't want to do.
Which other Grimm fairy tales are you familiar with? Do you have a favourite?
Rapunzel,
Cinderella, João e Maria, Snow White, Sleeping beauty,Rapunzel.My favorite is Rapunzel