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"Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha!" She opened the box and out jumped the little man:
"Would you like me to spin all this straw into gold for you?"
"Yes please," said the baker's daughter, "I will give you this ring if you do."
Faster and faster, he sun the straw until it was all gone.
The Prince came in:
"Gold! Gold! Gold! He said. "If you can spin this much, you must be able to spin more! Guards! More straw! Bring all the straw you can find! Fill the room up with straw!"
The Prince said to the baker's daughter:
"More gold will make me even richer and if you spin this last lot of straw into gold for me then I will marry you and make you a Princess. Do you agree?"
What would you have said, if you had been the baker's daughter?
I think I would have said:
"No!"
But she said:
"Yes!"
The door was locked and the baker's daughter waited for the little man to come but he did not. It was very late at night when she heard the little man's horrible laugh:
"Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha!"
The lid to the box opened and out climbed the little man:
"What will you give me to spin this lot?"
"Would you like my shoes?" Asked the baker's daughter.
"Shoes?" Shouted the little man, "I don't want your smelly old shoes. Pooooooooh! I want pretty,
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