Rumpelstiltskin: Tony Blair and Fairy Tale

Rumpelstiltskin

The fairy tale I chose was Rumpelstiltskin. The fairy tale is about a miller’s daughter whose father tells the king of the kingdom that she can spin gold. When the king heard this, he threw her in a room and tells her that if the room isn’t filled with gold from the straw, she will pay with her life. The miller’s daughter doesn’t have a clue on how to spin straw to gold so she sits on the floor hopeless and starts to cry. Then a little man walks in and asks her what is wrong. She tells him her situation and he offers to help but at a certain price. Her necklace. She agrees and he spins all the gold by morning and leaves. The king walks in and is pleased with all the gold. He takes her to another room and says the same thing as the night before but this room is bigger. Again the daughter has no idea on how to spin straw to gold so she starts crying. The little man walks in the room again. He tells her that he will spin it all for her ring. The daughter agrees and falls asleep while he works. He does his work and leaves again. The king comes in and is again pleased with the daughter’s work. He takes her to another room, twice as large as the others and tells her that if she is able to spin it to gold by morning, she will be queen. The king leaves and once again she starts crying. Again the little man returns and asks what the daughter will give him if he spins the straw. She says she has nothing left to give. The little man tells her that when she is queen, she must give him her first born baby. She agrees seeing that she has no other way out. The man does his work and leaves. The king comes and sees the work she has done as marries the daughter. She becomes queen and years pass. She has a baby but doesn’t remember the agreement she made with the little man. One day the little man returns and asks for the baby. The queen begs for him not to take her baby. The little man gave her one more chance. The little man told her that if she guessed his