RUMPELSTILTSKIN
Looking at Rumplestilstskin today, again by the Brothers Grimm. The typical ensnared by a noble and tricked by a fairy classic. I love these little fairy stories. What a creepy little guy dancing around all weird out in the forest by himself, talking in the third person. Hah!
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“To-day I brew, to-morrow I bake,
And next, I shall the Queen’s child take!
Ah! well it is, none knows the same—
That Rumpelstiltskin is my name!”
Well, mate. Jokes on you. You can't put conditions on your riddle like "guess my name" and then go about sing songing it! That's a sure way to have something backfire on ya!
“PERHAPS,” SAID SHE, “YOUR NAME IS RUMPELSTILTSKIN?”
Look at him go!
This story has been adapted many times over the years into comics, music, TV and film to name a few. It may have origins over 4000 years old. It even has a psychological principle named after it, The Rumplestiltskin Principle.
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