Good evening, miller’s daughter; why are you crying
And so the poor miller’s daughter was left there sitting, and could not think what to do for her life: she had no notion how to set to work to spin gold from straw, and her distress grew so great that she began to weep. Then all at once the door opened, and in came a little man.The little man took the necklace, seated himself before the wheel, and whirr, whirr, whirr! three times round and the bobbin wasfull; then he took up another, and whirr, whirr, whirr! three times round, and that was full; and so he went on till the morning, when all the straw had been spun, and all the bobbins were full of gold.
Rising action
Oh!I have got to spin gold out of straw, and I don’t understand the business.
What will you give me if I spin all this straw into gold?
The girl did not know what to do, so she began to cry, and then the door opened, and the little man appeared.So the little man took the ring, and began again to send the wheel whirring round, and by the next morning all the straw was spun into glistening gold.
Rising action
The ring from my finger,
the little man appeared for the third time and said, “What will you give me if I spin the straw for you this time?” “I have nothing left to give,” answered the girl. “Then you must promise me the first child you have after you are Queen,” said the little man.“But who knows whether that will happen?” thought the girl; but as she did not know what else to do in her necessity, she promised the little man what he desired, upon which he began to spin, until all the straw was gold. And when in the morning the King came and found all done according to his wish.