. Household stories from the collection of the bros. Grimm . the woods I came to a high hill, and nearit was a. little house, and before the house burned a fire, andround the fire danced a comical little man, and he hopped onone leg and cried, To-day do I bake, to-morrow I brew, The day after that the queens child comes in ; And oh ! I am glad that nobody knew That the name I am called is Rumpelstiltskin ! You cannot think how pleased the queen was to hear thatname, and soon afterwards, when the little man walked in and RUMPELSTILTSKIN. 231 said, Now, Mrs. Queen, what is my name ? she said atf
. Household stories from the collection of the bros. Grimm . the woods I came to a high hill, and nearit was a. little house, and before the house burned a fire, andround the fire danced a comical little man, and he hopped onone leg and cried, To-day do I bake, to-morrow I brew, The day after that the queens child comes in ; And oh ! I am glad that nobody knew That the name I am called is Rumpelstiltskin ! You cannot think how pleased the queen was to hear thatname, and soon afterwards, when the little man walked in and RUMPELSTILTSKIN. 231 said, Now, Mrs. Queen, what is my name ? she said atfirst, • Are you called Jack ? • No, answered he. Are you called Harry ? she asked again. No, answered he. And then she said, Then perhaps your name is Rumpelstiltskin ! The devil told you that ! the devil told you that ! criedthe little man, and in his anger he stamped with his right footso hard that it went into the ground above his knee ; then heseized his left foot with both his hands in such a fury that hesplit in two, and there was an end of
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