Rumpelstiltskin

Once upon a time, there was once a small Kingdom at the edge of a dark wood forest.Tales have been advised about the evil presence that lived in the forest.Still, people in the kingdom had been residing fortunately beneath the sensible rule of a young King. There lived a terrible Miller with his daughter.She was very beautiful and charming.

The miller was a chatterbox and had an addiction of exaggerating what he informed to other.The Miller had fooled many people many time so they complained about the Miller to the king. The king decided to teach him a lesson and known as him to visit.My dear Majesty, thank you for giving me the honour to meet you because you do not know whatever about me. I would like to tell you about my daughter and me. Yes, please go ahead.The king said. The Miller said I have a daughter who is the most beautiful girl in the world. But, more than that.....she can spin gold out of straws!!!!!

The King: That is an art that pleases me well. If your daughter is as clever as you say, bring her to my Castle, that I may put her to the proof.

Miller: Aaaaa.....yes...yes.....sure my majesty.

Miller went home and told his daughter all about it.

Daughter: I always told you.Don't lie to anyone.Now you are trapped in your own life.

Father was speechless & ashamed of himself.Both left for the castle to face the upcoming disasters.

King: Ohh!!! welcome, Mr Miller, welcome, beautiful lady. You are as beautiful as your father described.I hope you would spin the gold from straw.Let's not waste any time.Come with me.

King himself led her into a room that was quite full of straws and gave her a wheel and spindle.

King: Now set to work, and if by early morning you have not spun this straw into gold you and your father shall die. Keep the guard.Be sure she does not escape.

The poor miller's daughter didn't know what to do.Her distress grew so great that she began to weep. Suddenly a bright light beamed and there appeared a fear some looking little man.

Little man: Good evening, Miller's daughter. Why are you crying?

Girl: Oh! I have got to spin gold out of straw, and I don't understand how to do it.

Little man: Hmmm...... What will you give me if I spin it for you?

Girl: I can give you my necklace!!

The little man took the necklace, seated himself before the wheel, and whirr, whirr, whirr! three times round and the bobbin was full. Then he took up another, and whirr, whirr, whirr! three times round, and they were full and so he went on till the morning. All the straw had been spun, and all the bobbins were full of gold.

The girl said Thank you, little man.May I know who you are? What's your name?

The little man laughed and disappeared in an instant.

At sunrise came the king, and when he saw the gold he was astonished.

King: Oh my goodness.... I was thinking that your boastful father was lying to me.Now you go and take some rest. I will meet you in the evening.

The miller's daughter thought that the king would now reward her and let her go home peacefully.But in the evening, the Greedy king took her into another room filled with straw, much bigger than the previous room.

King: If you value you and your father's life, you must spin all of this into gold tonight.

The girl did not know what to do, so she began to cry again. Soon the little man appeared in the room again.

Little man: Stop crying, girl, What will you give me if I spin all this straw into gold?

The girl thought for a while and noticed the golden ring in her hand, the last precious thing she could offer him.

Girl: Take this ring from my finger.

Little man pulled the ring and began to spin the wheel whirring round

By next morning, all the straw was spun into glistening gold.

Girl: Thank you so much, little man.May I know who you are, please?

The little man laughed and disappeared.

The King came in and was rejoiced beyond the measure at the sight.

King: Ohhh dear. You are a gift to our kingdom.I have no words left to praise your talent. Please go and take some sleep.I will meet you in the evening.

As the sunset, the king came to the girl and again took her into an even larger room full of straw.

King: This, too, must be spun in one night and if you accomplish this you shall be my wife.I am not likely to find any one better in the whole world.

As soon as the girl was left alone, the little man appeared for the third time.

Little man: What will you give me if I spin the straw for you this time?

Girl: I have nothing left to give and she started crying.

Little man: Okay.... okay.... don't cry... then you must promise me to give me your first child after you are Queen.

She had no other option but to say yes.

Little man: Promise me that you will not forget your word.

Girl: Yes, I promise.

The little man began to spin all night much faster than before. All the straw was spun into gold. As he finished his work for the night, he laughed and disappeared immediately.

In the morning king came and found all the work done according to his wish.

King: Ohhh dear. You have proved yourself enough.I am going to marry you tomorrow.

The miller's pretty daughter become the Queen.In a year's time, she brought a child into the world.She forgot about the promise to the little man. One day when she was alone in her room. Suddenly the little man appeared in her room.

Little man: Did you forget your promise, Queen?

Queen: No, I still remember it but I love my baby very much, Can I ask some favour of you?

Little man: Hummmm.................

Queen: I'm the Queen now.You can ask anything you want instead of my baby. I can give you whatever you ask for. 

Little man: No, I would rather have something living than all the treasures of the world.

Queen: Ohhhh little man.I beg you for this.Please leave my baby. Please.

The little man had pity upon her.He put one strict condition to guess his name.

Little man: I will give you three days and if at the end of that time you cannot guess my name, you must give the child to me.

Queen: Thank you, little man.I will find your honourable name.I will find it.

Little man: Okay then.I will come back tomorrow.

The Queen spent the whole night thinking about all the names that she had ever heard. Next day, she sent a messenger to ask far and wide.

The little man came back.

Little man: So have you figured out my name?

Queen: Yes...... is your name...Caspar?

Little man: That is not my name.

Queen: Is your name.....Melchior?

Little man: No it is not.

Queen: Balthazar

Little man: Noooooo......

The Queen repeated all the names she knew and went through the whole list given by messenger but after each name little man laughed at her & said no.

Little man: That's enough for the day.I will come back tomorrow. Be prepared.

On the second day, the Queen sent the messenger to search the most unusual and singular names.

The little man came back in the evening.The Queen was ready with the list.

Queen: Perhaps you are Roast-ribs.

Little man: That is not my name

Queen: Sheepshanks

Little man: No it is not

Queen:  Spindleshanks

Little man: Noooo....

The Queen went through the entire list after each name the little man said no!

Little man: Tomorrow is the last day my Queen and I doubt you can save your baby.

The Queen got worried and but on the third day, she heard something unusual from the messenger.


Messenger: I have not been able to find one single new name but as I passed through the woods I came to a high hill, and nearby there was a small house, and before the house burned a fire, and round the fire danced a comical little man and he hopped on one leg and sung.

Little man: Today I bake, to-morrow I brew, the day after that the Queen's child come in.And oh! I am glad that nobody knew that my name is Rumpelstiltskin!

Queen: That's it.You can not imagine how relieved I am! The Queen immediately pulled out her necklace and gave it to Messenger as a reward. After some time, the little man reappeared.

Little man: Now, Queen, what is my name?

Queen: Are you called Jack?

Little man: Nooo.......

Queen: Are you called Harry?

Little man: Nooo

Queen: Then perhaps your name is .................... Rumpelstiltskin!

Little man: The devil told you that! the devil told you that!

In his anger, he stamped his right foot so hard that it went into the ground above his knee.Then he seized his left foot with both his hands in such a fury that he split it in two and there and then was the end of Rumpelstiltskin.And the Queen lived happily with his child and King thereafter.

Wolf and Lamb

It was a little lamb,accompanied by a flocks of sheep to a grazing land.As the flocks was grazing the green grass,the little lamb,which was so mischievous, was wandering here and there. It saw fresh grass at a distance and separated from the crew to enjoy the fresh bites.

It came across a long way from its group and was eating the fresh and delicious grass unaware of the fact that it was closely followed by a wolf! When the lamb realized that it lost its way and was far away from the flock,it decided to join them.However,the lamb was stunned to see a hungry and cunning wolf standing behind it. The lamb realized that there is no option left except to surrender itself to the wolf.

The lamb asked the wolf,'Are you,going to eat me!' the wolf said, "yes,at any cost!'
The lamb said again,"But can you please wait for some more time? I eat a lot of grass now and my stomach is filled with grass.If you eat me  now,you will feel like eating grass!

The wolf agreed,"oh yes I will wait.You are here before me and I can wait for some time!" the lamb thanked.

After some time, the wolf got ready to kill lamb,but,the lamb stopped him. Dear wolf, please wait for some more time. The grass is yet to get digest.If you eat me now, you will see a lot of grass in my stomach! let me dance and it will be digested easily!

Wolf agreed.The little lamb danced crazily and carefully and moved the foot towards the group. Suddenly the lamb stopped dancing. Wolf enquired what happen.'see,remove this bell tied to my neck and rang it as fast as you can, so that I will dance faster and the food will digest very sooner.

The wolf, with the desire to eat the lamb removed the bell tied to the lamb's neck and shaked it speedily. Meanwhile, Shepherd was searching for the little lamb and heard the bell sound.He saw the wolf and the lamb.He ran towards wolf with a stick,seeing the shepherd with a stick,the wolf ran way, and the lamb was saved!

Moral: Physical strength isn't just sufficient.Sometimes, weaker people with smart mind can overcome the physically strong ones!

The Devoted Mother

A Mother Duck and her little ducklings were on their way to a lake one day. The ducklings were very happy following their mother and quack-quacking along the way. All of a sudden the mother duck saw a Fox at a distance.She was frightened and shouted,"children, hurry to the lake. There's a Fox!"

The ducklings hurried towards the lake. The mother duck wondered what to do. She began to walk back and forth dragging one wing on the ground. When the fox saw her he became happy. He said to himself,her.

The mother duck ran,leading the fox away from the lake.The fox followed her.Now he wouldn't be able to harm her ducklings. The mother duck looked towards her ducklings and saw that they had reached the lake.She was relieved, so, she stopped and took a deep breath.It seems that she's hurt and can't fly! I can easily catch and eat her! Then he ran towards 

The fox thought she was tired and he came closer, but the mother duck quickly spread her wings and rose up in the air.She landed in the middle of the lake and her ducklings swam to her.

The fox started in disbelief at the mother duck and her ducklings.He could not reach them because they were in the middle of the lake.




Dear Children, some birds drag one of their wings on the ground when an enemy is going to attack.In this way they fool their enemies into thinking they are hurt.When the enemy follows them this gives their children time to escape.

Greedy Boy

There lived a twin brother called Sam and Tom ! They were identical twins,even their mother found it too hard to differentiate between them during the initial months of birth. However, they were like two poles when it comes to everything other than their appearance. They neither agree with anything nor do they share even one single trait ! Sam had no friends,whereas for Tom the world was friendship. Sam loved sweets and Tom loved to eat spicy foods. Sam was mommy's pet and Tom was daddy's pet.While Sam was generous, Tom was greedy!

As they grew up,their father wanted to share his fortune equally. However, Tom did not agree and he argued that whoever is more intelligent and strong,will gain higher share of wealth than other.Sam agreed. Their father decided to organize a competition between the two. And they ordered the two sons to walk as long as they can in and they should return home before the sunset.

Whoever covers the longer distance and returns home before sunset will get huge amount of wealth proportionate to the distance they covered. They don't carry watch to calculate time.Both started to walk a long way during a sunny day. Sam walked slowly and steadily,while Tom urged to win over Sam started to run instantly.

The distance they cover until mid-noon will be equal to the distance they would reach home before sunset. It was mid-noon and Sam decided to return back as he could reach home on time.

However,Tom, with his greediness to earn more wealth, did not turn his way back home even after mid-noon.He walked two times longer distance that what Sam was covered and decided to return back before the Sunset.He urged to return home as the sun turned Orange in the evening. Unfortunately,he could not even make half way to home and the Moon rises. He lost the race and was defeated because of greediness!

Moral: Greediness will make you lose everything.

Milk Maid And Her Pail

Marry the Milk maid was going to market carrying her milk in a pail on her head.As she went along,she began calculating what she would do with the money she would get for the milk.I'll buy some fowls from farmer Brown,"said she,"and" they will lay eggs each morning,which I will sell to the parson's wife.

With the money that I get from the sale of these eggs,I'll buy myself a new dimity frock and a chip hat; and when I go to market,won't all the young men come up and speak to me!

Polly Shaw will be so jealous; but I don't care. I shall just look at her and toss my head like this."As she spoke that,she tossed her head back and the pail fell off it, and all the milk was split !

Moral: Do not count your chickens before they are Hatched.

Greed-A-Curse

Once upon a time there lived a cloth merchant in a village with his wife and two children. They were indeed quite well-off. They had a beautiful goose which laid an egg every day.It was not an ordinary egg,rather,a golden egg.But the man was not satisfied with what he used to get daily.He was a get rich-trice kind of a person.

The man wanted to get all the golden eggs from his goose at one single go.So,one day he thought hard and at last clicked upon a plan. He decided to kill the Goose and get all the eggs together.

So, the next day when the goose laid a golden egg, the man caught hold of it,took a sharp knife, chopped off its neck and cut its body open. There was nothing but blood all around and no trace of any egg at all.He was highly grieved because now he would not get even one single egg.

His life was going on smoothly with one egg a day but now, he himself made his life miserable.The out come of his greed was that he started becoming poorer & poorer day by day and ultimately became a pauper. How jinxed and how much foolish he was.

So,the moral of the story is one who desires more,looses all. One should remain satisfied with what one gets.