"I am an elf, and I live in this wood." "I play nasty tricks, some evil, some good." "I need a companion, a cook and a slave." "I'll find one soon..." "a small boy, a young knave... so that I can spend my time having fun!" "Now, where is my food?" "I'm hungry." "I can't find a thing in this mess." "I need a cook and a slave so I can rest." "I'll get me a prince's son, so I can spend my time having fun!" "A little bit of moss." "Some toad." "And a steak." "Mix it all together." "Now let's see what I can bake." "My name is strange, the brew should be, too." "Now let's see what I've got." "It's hot!" "I'm burning!" "It tastes awful!" "That was close." "I need someone to cook and slave for me, and only a prince's son will do." "There's nothing to eat in this forest." "The miller's daughter." "Her garden is full of good carrots and peas." "I don't want carrots or turnips or peas" "Adorning my morning bouquet" "I just want to live a life of ease" "To do as I please in an elegant way" "My world is simple, but I'd like to sample" "The world beyond the mill" "Whenever I want to, my daydreams are drawn to" "The castle on the hill" "With a crown on my head" "I'll eat breakfast in bed" "On fine gold-plated china" "I'll dine when I'm queen of the castle" "Tuesdays, I'll shop for furs" "Thursdays, go hunting with spurs" "Fridays, I'll ride through the town" "In my crown, when I'm queen of the castle" "They'll be oohing and aahing me" "Eyeing me up and down" "Servants primping and pawing me" "Zipping me into my gossamer gown" "I'll rule justly and fair" "All my wisdom to share" "When I'm queen of the castle" "But wait" "Am I missing one thing?" "To be queen of the castle" "I must marry a king" "I tell you, I saw something, like a little man or troll." "There was a big black bird, too." "Maybe a dragon." "Really, Ralph, how can a man of your age still believe in these tall tales?" "I've been around long enough to know there's truth in those tall tales." "Looks like our Prince Henry hunts more than grouse today." "Never have I seen the prince stare so intently." "Surely she must be a witch!" "Ralph, if that's a witch, then I would join the toads and spiders in her cauldron any day!" "We will rest no longer, but I would like to see what makes that mill run." "Yes, Your Highness." "And don't call me "Your Highness" in front of the maiden." "I don't want her to know who I am." "Yes, Your Highness..." "I mean, Henry." "I agree, the king is a very greedy man." "He has all my money." "I used to have a whole store of grain." "Now look." "I remember the days, Victor, when I could pay you in gold coin rather than my prize goose." "If the tax collectors come to my home one more time," "I'll have naught to give." "Fear not, friend." "The next time I'm up at the castle, I'll speak to him myself." ""King Mezzer," I'll say..." "Hold it, hold it, hold it." "You know very well you've never even met the king, so don't start with one of your tall tales." "I never?" "I only speak true!" "Oh?" "And what about the time you said you could thrash my wheat in a single day because I was in a rush?" "And it took over a week!" "Well, I... you know..." "And what about my hair?" "You said that if I rubbed that foul-smelling mushroom paste into my head," "I would grow a full head of hair." "Now look!" "Well, it worked for my grandpa, I think." "Maybe it was my grandmother." "You think?" "Just you tell your daughter not to use any of those crazy recipes on my prize goose." "I fear my daughter will never be the cook her mother, rest her soul, used to be." "Now, there was a woman who could cook my goose... just the way I like it." "She doesn't cook." "She doesn't help in the mill as far as I can see." "Just what does your daughter do?" "Why, she's a very talented girl." "Yes, sir." "One day, with her beauty, she'll surely marry a prince and live in a castle." "She'll have hundreds of servants, and her old dad..." "That's all?" "She's beautiful?" "Oh, no, she's extremely clever!" "She knows all the constellations has a beautiful voice, as well." "And... and and she's very good with her hands!" "Everything she touches turns to gold." "Hard part is getting her to touch it." " Here we go again." " It's true, I tell you." "She can sit at a spindle and spin straw into gold." "Straw... into gold?" " Impossible!" " It can be done." "Then how come you're not rich?" "Tell me that, hmm?" "Katie's gift is not to be abused." "I don't believe you." "You're bragging again, as usual." "Nobody can spin straw into gold." "She can do it." "She can spin it..." "straw into gold." "Straw into gold" "Impossible, I'm told" "But wait till you behold" "I'll show you." "Katie!" "Katie, my dear daughter!" "Look closely when you see her." "The necklace she wears around her neck and the ring on her finger, both these things she did spin from straw." "Katie!" "Katie, dear." "Father, I saw him." "Who, dear?" "Whom did you see?" "My prince." "He was standing at the edge of the forest, staring directly at me." "Yes, yes, yes." "Tell me, daughter, how many planets in the heavens?" "Nine, father." "And what constellation has the North Star in it?" "That would be Cancer, father, the Crab." "Now, daughter, answer true... did you not spin that gold strand that hangs about your neck from a piece of straw?" "If you say so, Father." "Clean this goose up good, girl." "You've been bragging about me again, Father." "If you don't watch out, you're going to get yourself into trouble." "Well?" "Well, I never would have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes." "Never have I seen such pure gold." "What a talent!" "You must be very proud." "She can spin straw into gold" "Straw into gold" "I only want what's best for the girl." "If I could just get the king to appreciate her talents the way her father does." "I'm sold on what I saw" "She spun the gold from straw" "It's tax time again, miller." "Load up all those sacks on the packhorses." "Kind sir, it's all I have." "Take away my grain, and I'll starve." "These are the king's orders." "If it's riches the king wants, why don't you have your daughter spin some out of straw?" "Do you take me for a fool?" "Oh... oh, no, great Count." "Everybody knows you're not a fool." "Halt." "What is it you're doing here?" "I am but collecting taxes due to the king, Your..." "Count Flax, you're working too hard, I think." "You, miller, how many bags of grain have you paid in taxes this year?" "Well seven, my Lord." "Put the sacks back." "Put them back." "But the king shall hear of this." "How could I ever thank you?" "Good sir, I am Ralph, Captain of the king's guard." "My friend here... also a guard, who rides with us this day... would like to meet your fair daughter." "Gladly." "Good sir, let me present my daughter, Katie." "I heard your singing." "You have a beautiful voice." "Thank you." "She's very talented, too." "I'm sure she is." "And we will do everything in our power to protect you from any injustice in the future." "That's nice." "Did you know that she could spin straw into gold?" "Come, Henry. 'T is time we left these good people to their work." "We're going to have to spin a few tall tales of our own... to the king." "Have I ever lied to you?" "But straw into gold?" "Really and truly, she can turn straw into gold?" "Cor, maybe I ought to see more of the miller's daughter!" "Straw into gold, straw into gold" "Such miracles, you say" "Don't happen everyday" "Yet the girl spun straw into gold" "And that ain't hay" " Really and truly?" " Really." "Would I lie to you?" "I don't believe it!" "Straw into gold?" "Never!" "No, I don't believe it!" "You never believe anything I tell you." "Straw into gold" "You've got mold?" "No, straw into gold." "She can turn straw into gold." "I've seen it with me own eyes." "Straw into gold!" "You've got cold?" "Gold!" "Gold!" "Oh, you feel old." "Gold!" "Straw into gold." "Straw into gold." "Yes!" "That's amazing!" "Here, don't tell anyone!" "And not you, either." "Straw into gold" "Do you know this for a fact?" "Straw into gold?" "It's okay." "You know what I just heard?" "You promise not to tell." "What?" "!" "Straw... into gold?" "Mezzer, dear, what seems to be the matter?" "Grizzelda..." "Gold." "Yes, dear, isn't gold wonderful?" "Now, don't let yourself get upset." "Gold." "Father, is something wrong?" "Wrong?" "Wrong?" "What could be wrong?" "I've just learned there's a maid in our kingdom who can turn straw into gold." "Isn't that wonderful?" "Poppycock!" "It's not possible." "Why don't you have a little tart?" " Gold." " Sire... who is this gifted person?" "The miller's daughter." "The miller's daughter?" "Send her to me at once." "Yes, Your Majesty." "At once." "There's some misunderstanding." "Gold." "What makes you say that, Henry?" "I met the maid only today, and she seems to be a simple miller's daughter." "Is she pretty?" "Gold!" "Didn't I tell you to keep the prince away from the local girls?" "Father, there must be some mistake." "We shall see!" "Daughter, dear, isn't there any salt?" "Yes, father, but I thought I put enough on already." "And the pepper?" "Father, do you think I'll ever see that gentleman again?" "Who's that, dear?" "You know, the guard." "The one they called Henry." "I'm sure you will, dear." "I thought you had your heart set on a prince." "A girl with your beauty, a girl with your talents, a girl who can..." "Father, you're bragging again." "But don't you think he was nice?" "Most thankful he rode with the Captain of the guard." "But if that Count Flax comes here again," "I don't know what I'll do." "But if he dares to set foot in this house again..." "Open the door in the name of the king!" "It's you, Count Flax!" "Please, come in." "Always a welcome guest in my house." "Did you come back for the grain?" "The king wants to see you." "Me?" "The king wants to see me?" "Of course he does... doesn't he?" "Yes, of course." "Word has finally reached the great King Mezzer of your beauty, and he wants you to marry the prince." "I'm sure of it." "I'll come with you." "The dishes can wait." "Steady!" "Steady!" "Open the gates!" "Steady, now." "This way, madam." "Now hear my judgment." "You, woodsman, are correct." "And you, farmer, are also correct." "But, Sire, if we are both right, then who gets to keep the golden egg?" "I do." "And I also get to keep the bird." " I think that's fair, don't you?" " Quite fair, Your Highness." "But... but..." "The last man who said "but" had his head chopped off." "Isn't that right, Your Majesty?" "Sire." "The miller and his daughter." "Show them in." "Welcome to the palace." "You may rise." "You must be the miller." "Yes, I am, Your Graceship." "At your service." "And you, beautiful young lady, you must be this fine miller's daughter." "That she is, Your Lordliness." "Katie is her name." "She has a tongue in her head, hasn't she?" "Yes, I do, and you ought not talk to a taxpaying subject like that." "Your Highness." "Count Flax here tells me you've managed to avoid paying your taxes." " I can explain, Your Majesty." " Silence!" "But I understand you can make up for that slight oversight, can't you?" "I don't understand what you mean." "Your father says you have a magical touch." "It's true, Sire." "Everything she touches turns to gold." "Why, just the other day, she..." "Then you can spin some straw into gold for me, just a teeny-weeny bit?" "Tell me, pretty young lady..." "Is your father telling the truth?" "Be careful." "I don't take kindly to liars." "Yes, Your Majesty." "Then you'll do it?" "Steady, Mezzer." "You'll be able to spin some straw into gold?" "She can never do that." "I'll do my best, Your Majesty." "Well said." "I command that a room be prepared with one spinning wheel and a a bale of straw." "You will spend the night in the room and spin the straw into gold threads." "Are you prepared to be put to this test?" "Yes, Your Majesty." "Good." "Very, very good!" "I just love gold!" "And you will find that for this service to the realm," "I, too, can be very generous." "But if we discover that this is all a lie, that you cannot indeed spin straw into gold, then you will undergo the most severe punishment in the land." "Thank you, my dear." "You do understand, don't you?" "We understand, Your Majesty." "Take the girl out and prepare the room." "L..." "I must have more gold!" "Now, don't get your hopes up too much, my dear." "The king has decided to put her to a test." "Your friends can't help you now, my pretty." "All of this straw I must spin into gold" "When the king speaks, one must do as she is told" "Why did my father insist such a lot" "That I am a spinner of gold, when I'm not?" "I need a miracle" "Only a miracle" "Could help me now" "In my hour of need" "Things seem impossible" "Clearly impossible" "Papa, you see where your stories can lead" "Blaming your foolish pride" "Won't make things right" "You'll see by the dawn's early light" "I need a miracle" "Without a miracle" "How will I get through this night?" "Papa?" "I met a girl today" "Bright as a summer's day" "And for the first time" "I've fallen in love" "Though we have barely met" "Don't let me lose her yet" "If there is hope, send it down from above" "Strong is my father's will" "And with the dawn" "I fear that my love will be gone" "Send her a miracle" "Magical miracle" "Give her the will to go on" "Hocus-pocus straw..." "Higgledy-piggledy..." "No, that's not right." "Ouch!" "Good evening, young lady, and pardon the prying but what is the matter, and why are you crying?" "Who are you?" "What do you want?" "I'm a little person, a dwarf, a pygmy, an elf, and my name is..." "Oh, no, you don't." "I'll keep that to myself." "How did you manage to get in here?" "How?" "It was easy to do." "I used this leg, and this one, too, and walked right over to you." "Why are you here?" "I was in the area, so I thought I'd drop by to see who was crying, and why, why, why." "I'm afraid to tell." "Stop it, stop it, stop it, I say." "If you don't stop this crying, I'll just go away." "Let's go." "The king locked me in this room, and has commanded me to spin this straw into gold threads, and I just don't know how." "It takes more than straw to break this elf's back." "What'll you give me if I spin the whole stack?" "You can do it?" "Spin straw into gold?" "There is no challenge you can't lick provided you know the trick." "Real gold?" "Pure gold?" "Real gold, pure gold, authentic and fine." "As good as the gold right out of the mine." "It can be done?" "Listen, my dear, I'll make it clear." "If I'm going to be this nice, there is a price." "I want to hear, before I begin, the gift you will give me for saving your skin." "Would you take this necklace?" "My mother gave it to me before she died." "Here." "Take it." "Well not bad." "Not bad." "It's decent enough pay." "Now let's get to work, immediately, right away." "Spinning wheel, spinning wheel, spin as I say." "Spin into gold your threads made of hay." "Spinning wheel, spinning wheel, whirring and purring, turning and burning." "O spin it, O spin it, to spin is my law... spin into gold all this bundle of straw!" "Sim Sabalim, let us begin!" "It's true!" "The straw is becoming threads of gold!" "More!" "More!" "As much as you can hold!" "Straw is worth its weight in gold!" "We did it." "It's so hard to believe." "It's like a dream." "It's no dream." "It's real and true." "You've got your freedom, I've got my due." "Now say good-bye." "Farewell." "Adieu." "Good-bye." "I'd like to see her myself, alone... one last time." "I'm sorry, Miss, that I should be the one to have to fetch you like this." "It's tragic, you being so young and so very pretty." "But guard, I passed the test." "I've spun the gold." "I know, I know, and I shall make sure you get a last request." "But look..." "I'm free." "See the gold?" "It's gold!" "It's really gold!" "Your Majesty, behold." "Gold!" "I'm rich!" "I'm rich!" "Richer than ever I dreamed!" " Did you really spin this gold?" " Yes, ma'am, I did." "It's a trick!" " It's a miracle." " It's wonderful." "Thank you, good sir." "I still say it's a trick." "Perhaps it was just beginner's luck." "It's as her father says..." "everything she touches turns to gold." "It's not enough." " What?" "!" " I want more." "Yes!" "Put her to the test once more." "But I have proven to you..." "Then you shouldn't have any trouble doing it again." "But Sire..." "Silence!" "I've spoken." "If the girl succeeds, she and her father can have a royal title." "But remember the penalty for failure." "But Sire, why do you desire more gold?" "I'm greedy" "So greedy" "Greedy for the gold I haven't got" "It's an itty-bitty craving that's ever so depraving" "You may well think I'm raving, but I'm not" "I'm greedy" "Yes, indeedy" "Greed must be a monarch's golden rule" "It's a nagging sort of yearning whose symptoms keep returning" "To make you smack your lips and start to drool" "I don't hide it, I flaunt it" "When I see gold, I cannot help but want it" "Gold is something enticing" "Why, when you see a cake" "Don't you just love to lick the icing?" "I'm greedy" "So greedy" "Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme more" "Give him more!" "More is what I really long for" "It's what I sing this song for" "It's more that makes me greedy to the core" "Old King Midas, known for all your greed" "Stand aside 'cause I'm gonna take the lead" "He's greedy" "Yes, indeedy" "Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme gold" "I want gold to pave the streets with" "And gold to line my sheets with" "And gold to gild the lily when she's cold" "If he could chew it, he'd do it" "Well, I have" "I'm proud to say there's nothing to it" "He was willing" "How thrilling" "Well, how else do you suppose" "I got this mouthful of golden fillings?" "He's greedy" "Yes, indeedy" "And we love him just the way he is" "With his charm so rare" "He's a king beyond compare" "And you'll never see a set of teeth like his" "Send your taxes in today, I'll end up with half your pay" "Yes, indeedy" "I'm not needy" "I'm greedy!" "Hurray!" "The necklace!" "The necklace!" "Why was I so reckless?" "I just got it today, and now it's melted away!" "The necklace!" "The necklace!" "Why was I so reckless?" "Lock her up!" "Where are you, little man?" "Come out, come out, wherever you are." "Where is he?" "Sure is a lot of hay." "Straw into gold!" "Simba Salderinda!" "Is that you?" "Are you there?" "Well, hello there." "I think we have met, and then, as now, your eyes are wet." "Could it really be you?" "That's right, it's me, the man of small height who got you out of a spot that was tight." "Now, here's what I'd like to know..." "the reason why you're crying so." "You can see for yourself, kind elf." "The greedy king has locked me up with another load of straw, and he wants it to be gold by morning." "Or else." "If I spin the gold, what do I get for all of my kindness, toil and sweat?" "My ring." "Would you take my ring?" "Here, please take it." "Let me see." "Let me look." "A precious reward in anyone's book." "Not bad, not bad." "In fact, it's quite nice." "Young lady it's a deal." "The ring is the price." "Sim Sabalim, let the wheel spin." " Mezzer?" " What?" "How do you think she does it?" "Are you awake?" "If she succeeds again tonight, I fear Henry will ask for her hand." "I don't want our son to marry a miller's daughter." "Do you, Mezzer?" "No, no, I didn't think you did." "I'm going to get to the bottom of this." " Come along, now." " Yes, Majesty." " Do as I say." " Yes, Majesty." " Listen at the door." " Yes, Majesty." " What do you hear?" " Absolutely nothing." "Fool!" "Emily, listen at the door." "What do you hear?" "I'll do it myself." "I'm sure somebody's in there." "Mother, what are you doing here?" " Henry, what are you doing here?" " Well, I..." "They all listened at the door and heard nothing, but I am convinced that there is someone in there with that girl." "Listen for yourself." " Well?" " I can hear absolutely nothing." "Hold the child up to the transom." "Quickly!" "Quickly!" "What do you see?" "What do you see?" "You're sure?" "I assure you, Queen Grizzelda, not even a mouse could get into that room." "We're done at last!" "The straw is turned to gold." "It can't be true." "No, my friend..." "no dream, no lie." "It's real." "And now, adieu." "Good-bye." "Good-bye." "I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope." "Open your eyes, and you'll get a big surprise." "I can't see." "I'm blinded!" "She did it!" "She did it!" "I now have a mountain of gold!" "Oh, I feel so good!" "I'm so happy, dear, that you now have all this gold." "But is it enough?" "Sire?" "Right here in the Old Book, the law laid down by your great-great-great-great grandfather says, "When a test is given to a subject" ""to determine his devotion to my kingdom, thrice must the chance be given to prove the heart is of gold."" " Did he really say that?" " See for yourself, Sire." "But surely once is enough." "For this last effort, the girl should be rewarded and not subjected to a further test." "Quiet." "I'm thinking." "Further, Mezzer..." "I myself heard voices in the spinning room last night." "And I was there too, and heard nothing." "We even lifted Emily to the door." "Well?" "Tell the truth." "Well, out with it!" "Sire, you know she cannot speak." "Oh, yes, of course." "I forgot." "Well..." "Well, well." "Well." "Not enough." " Not enough?" "!" " Is not His Majesty pleased?" "No!" "It's not enough." "According to the law, she must be tested a third time." "No!" "What's the matter, dear?" "Can't you do it?" "Well... of course I can." "I mean..." "If she is to be put to the ultimate test, then she must gain the ultimate reward." "That sounds fair." "What is it?" "To marry a prince." "Marry the prince?" "But if she fails..." "She dies." "Good!" "That's fair enough." "Then it's all set." "If you succeed this time, you'll marry the prince." "And you'll become the princess of the land." "But if you fail..." "Oh, it's you." "Did you have a good rest?" "Yes, I feel much better, thank you." "Spinning all that straw must be very wearisome." "Tell me, if you pass the test, will you marry the prince?" "I don't know." "I guess so." "Why?" "Would you mind?" "Well, who am I to go against the king's wishes?" "After all, he is the king." "Yes, of course." "You being a guard, you must obey the king." " And yet..." " Yes?" "What?" "Never mind." "Is he very handsome?" " Who?" " The prince." "Oh, the prince." "Well..." "All my life, I've wanted to marry a prince." "Would you like me to introduce you to the prince?" "Look into the pool." "You." "More!" "More, I say!" "More!" "Hide in there and keep your eyes open." "I don't get along, so I live by myself." "I'm wicked and grumpy, a mean little elf." "When children see me, away they all run screaming." "The ring!" "The ring!" "How could I lose such a precious thing?" "My foot!" "My foot!" "It's broke!" "I can't go on, or I'll go up in smoke!" "Oh, my." "Hey!" "I'm here!" "Come out, come out, wherever you are." "I could eat the straw." "Where is he?" "I knew you'd come." "Where are you?" "What are you doing here?" "You're the queen's spy, aren't you?" "Can't you speak?" "Well, why were you eating the straw?" "Oh, you were trying to help." "Well, that's very sweet of you, but unless you can spin straw into gold," "I'm afraid the queen's going to be very happy." "Who's there?" "I think we've met once or twice... your friend the dwarf, to be precise." "I'm so glad to see you again, mister..." "Nobody knows my name, and no one ever will." "I'm very relieved you've come." "The king has ordered me to spin this grand pile of straw into gold, but the queen has sent this spy to make sure I don't trick the court." "Snitching isn't very nice." "With a little fairy dust, I could put her on ice." "That won't be necessary." "She'd help if she could, wouldn't you?" "The king really knows the meaning of greed." "Does he really know what he has decreed?" "If I spin all this straw into gold," "I'm to marry the prince." "But I must finish it by morning, or else." "Or else?" "You will be a princess bride with little children at her side." "What will you offer the magical creature if he makes quite sure all the straw is gone and turned into gold by the break of dawn?" " All of it?" " And he can do it, too." "I don't have anything to give." " Nothing at all?" " Nothing." "Not even a tiny little ring, or some old, half-precious thing?" "How about some worthless item?" "You must have things..." "where do you hide 'em?" " I have nothing." " That's too bad." "'Cause it's wrong to agree to do so much work, and to do it for free!" "Isn't there any other way?" "Oh, yes." "If you become the prince's spouse, and come here to live in this great big house, then in return for all the gold that I've piled, you will give me..." "What?" "What?" "Your very first child!" "My child?" "My first child?" "Positively yes..." "that's the price." "I will do everything in my power to protect you from any injustice in the future." "I promise to give you my first child." " Do you swear?" " I swear." "Now prepare to watch the magic as it saves your fate from being tragic." "Sim Sabalim, let the wheel spin." "My foot, it's broke." "But don't worry, it's nothing." "I can always try something else." "Sim Sabalim, let the wheel spin!" "My foot!" "My heel!" "I can't spin the wheel!" "Sim Sabalim, let the wheel spin!" "Sim Sabalim, let the wheel spin!" "Sim Sabalim, let the wheel spin!" "It's tragic..." "there's no magic." "More!" "More!" "Your first child!" "Your first child!" "I knew you could do it." "Will you be my bride?" "Most assuredly..." "on two conditions." "Whatever your heart desires." "First, that you ask my father for permission." "Gladly." "Secondly, that I never have to see another spinning wheel ever again." "I love the miller's daughter" "I want her to be my wife" "I'll marry her and care for her" "And she'll live happily all her life" "I love the miller's daughter" "No lovelier girl I've seen" "She won my heart right from the start" "And now I want her to be my queen" "Three times she proved her worth" "A subject loyal and true" "I'd move heaven and earth" "To have her, wouldn't you?" "With a crown on my head" "I'll eat breakfast in bed" "On fine gold-plated china" "I'll dine when I'm queen of the castle" "I told you she could turn straw into gold." "You did, you did." "We can turn beer into hair." " Beer into hair?" " Yeah, like this." "Cheers." "Congratulations, and don't forget... the firstborn child is what I get." "What's wrong, my dear?" "Nothing." "I was frightened by a black bird, that's all." "In the valley, down the hill" "There stands Grandpa's pretty mill" "He will make you soft white flour" "Baby" "Rest an hour" "The dwarf!" "What are you doing here?" "Look how dandy..." "a little knave!" "I'll have me a proper slave." "Go away!" "I'll call the guards." "What do you want?" "What do I want?" "What do I want?" "You made me a promise, what I plan to take... the child for my labor, asleep or awake." "I didn't know what I was saying." "You can't have my baby." "I saved your skin, now I want what's due." "The child is mine..." "you know this is true." "Please, take anything you want..." "gold or jewels... but leave me my child." "My dear, you're being quite bold." "You know quite well I don't need gold." "I want to have a living toy." "Now, stand by your word..." "give me the boy!" "No, please, I beg you." "You were once so good to me." "You took mercy on me then." "Please take mercy on me again." "Ask anything else." "Ask her to guess your name." "All right, my pretty." "Do you know the secret name by which I go?" "Your name?" "Yes, my name." "That's what I want to hear from you." "I'll give you three days to discover my name." "If you can guess my name within three days, you can keep the child." "If not the child will be mine." "I'll return tomorrow." "Drat!" "I'm stuck!" "Thank you." "Aaron, Absalom, Abraham, Abe" "What must I do to save my little babe?" "Abel, Abernathy, Abner, Ace" "I'll never get done at such a pace" "Barney, Bernie or Bernard" "Bertram, Bob..." "it's just too hard" "Casper, Constantine, and on and on" "My, aren't you glad that we named you John?" "One little name is all I lack" "But it's a tough old nut to crack" "Get through the D's, then through the G's" "Then through the P's and on through the Z's" "If I simply let the alphabet unfold, what names I might find" "Tell me, wise old book from off the shelf" "Tell me, what would an elf call himself?" "One little name is all I seek" "What if it's Latin or it's Greek?" "One little name, one little word" "Bet it's a name that I've never heard" "Like Grizladimir" "Velshustahitz" "Gesundheit!" "One name" "And I haven't got a clue" "One name" "Could it be Sally or Sue?" "I could go on rewriting tomes" "Making up names for naughty gnomes" "There's only one, one that will fit" "How do you find the one that is it" "When you've only got three days" "And there must be a million ways" "To make the endless list of possibilities?" "Please... please..." "One little name will pass the test" "One little name and I can rest" "One little name is all I ask" "It should be such a simple task" "What if it's Ed or even Ted?" "What if it's Joe, or how about Fred?" "But something tells me that it's not" "And so compels me not to stop" "But keep on reading, keep on writing" "Day and night" "Till I've finally won this grueling guessing game" "And I've won with the one and only right" "One little name" "Is it Abdullah?" "No." "Abernathy?" "Abner?" "Ace?" "Adler?" "Axittyumends?" "Drexel?" "Ebenezer?" "Gunther?" "Helsinki?" "Hiawatha?" "You missed again." "They are not I. Go ahead, give it one more try." "Magoo." "No, no, no." "You still don't know." "Now it's time for us to go." "Princess, what brings you out so late at night?" "I need your help." " Anything, Your Majesty." " Anything." "Just name it." "I wish I could..." "name it, I mean." "I don't quite follow." "Listen, this is what you'll have to do, and you must not fail." " Oh, boy." "An adventure." " Not now, Alph." "Go ahead, Princess." "You can count on us." "Yes." "There's a magical elf who lives in our kingdom." "An... elf, Your Majesty?" "We're here on official business from the palace." " You there, what's your name?" " Why?" "You going to report me or something?" "No, no." "We're looking for the name of a particular elf." " Sarah?" " Nah." " Austin?" " Nah." "James?" "Matt?" "Dixie?" "Pinocchio?" "Tom?" "Dick?" "Harry?" "No, no, no!" "I have yet to be found!" "That's enough." "You've lost this round." " Doodlesack!" " I said that's enough!" "You can guess my name as the day is long, but everyone is wrong, wrong, wrong." "You have until tomorrow dawn, at which time I will claim your son, Baby John." "Oh, Emily, I fear I am lost." "Does anyone here know my name?" "Don't spoil the game." "Today I shall brew" "And tomorrow I'll bake" "A big batch of trouble and mischief I'll make" "Playing tricks is part of the game" "When your name is..." "I don't get along" "So I live by myself" "I'm wicked and grumpy" "A mean little elf" "When children see me" "Away they all run" "Screaming, "Look, it's..."" "Oh, wouldn't you like to come with me" "To the edge of the world where I dwell?" "Oh, how would you like to come and see" "All the magic I use in a spell?" "A fat baby boy" "Tomorrow I'll claim" "'Cause nobody ever" "Guesses my name" "It's still a secret" "I'll say it again" "My name is" "Yes, my name is" "Yes, my name is" "It's..." "Wake up, little girl." "Wake up." "Rumpelstiltskin." "His name is Rumpelstiltskin." "Caw!" "Wake up!" "Ru..." "Ru..." "Rum..." "The boy is mine, you know it's true, unless since yesterday my name you knew." "I fear I cannot guess your name." "No!" "Please!" "No!" "Please, leave me my baby!" "Please!" "Please, I beg you!" " It's mine!" " Don't take my child!" "Please!" "What is it, Emily?" "Ru..." "Ru..." "I don't understand." "Ru..." "Rumpelstiltskin." "Rumpelstiltskin." "What is that?" "The dwarf?" "Don't try to trick an elf." "It might be fatal to your health." "Just one minute, little man." "It just so happens I'm not ready to give up the fight." "And this time, I think I'll get it right." "Well, go ahead and try it." "If you guess, I can't deny it." "Is your name Brobdignandian?" "No, no, no!" "Is it Salvador?" "Not even close!" "Is it Rumpelstiltskin?" "Rumpel..." "Rumpelstiltskin?" "I've been swindled, robbed, tricked!" "The devil told you that!" "Oh, no!" "Oh, no!" "I'm falling!" "Ralph just told me you were in some kind of trouble." "No, no trouble." "Nothing Emily and I couldn't handle." "So there really is no danger?" "When you're good and smart and kind of heart, there's nothing you can't win." "And it never hurts to remember a name like..." "Rumpelstiltskin." "Straw into gold" "Straw into gold" "Such miracles, we say" "Don't happen every day" "Straw into gold" "Straw into gold" "Impossible it seems" "Beyond our wildest dreams" "But Rumpelstiltskin" "Spinning, weaving" "Strands of shimmering gold" "Soon had everyone believing" "The stories they'd been told" "Straw into gold" "Straw into gold" "Amazing as it sounds" "A king could wear a crown" "Made from straw gathered from the ground" "He loved the miller's daughter" "He wanted her as his wife" "He married her, will care for her" "And she'll live happily all her life" "He loved the miller's daughter" "No lovelier girl he'd seen" "She won his heart right from the start" "And he wanted her as his queen" "She truly proved her worth" "Her loyalty through and through" "He moved heaven and earth" "To have her with him, too" "He loved the miller's daughter" "He wanted her as his wife" "He married her, will care for her" "And she'll live happily all her life" "Straw into gold" "Straw into gold" "Such miracles, we say" "Don't happen every day" "Straw into gold" "Straw into gold" "Impossible it seems" "Beyond our wildest dreams" "But Rumpelstiltskin" "Spinning, weaving" "Strands of shimmering gold" "Soon had everyone believing" "The stories they'd been told" "Straw into gold" "Straw into gold" "Amazing as it sounds" "A king could wear a crown" "Made from straw" "Gathered from the ground"