Rumpelstiltskin did give her one more chance to save her child, if she could guess his name. When the time came for her to give up her child, she no longer wanted to, even if the little man helped save her life. What she didn’t seem to expect was the little man coming back to make her live up to her word. We do see a girl who wanted to save her own life and was willing to trade anything in order to live – including her own firstborn child. Unfortunately, we never see or hear what became of her father, other than his original motives to impress. This story, retold from the Grimm’s folktale, “Rumpenstunzchen,” reveals the daughter as a pawn of the miller and how she (like other women of that time period) is used to help improve her father’s status with the king. ( His use of bright colors help draw the reader into the story. Zelinsky set the story in medieval times and his illustrations mimic the classic European Renaissance style of painting in his use of oil paints over watercolor underpaintings. Zelinksy did a wonderful job of giving new life to the story of Rumpelstiltskin. When the little man returned, the queen guessed that his name was “Rumpelstiltskin,” and never saw the little man again. She found him in the woods, singing about his name, which she quickly reported to the queen. After guessing many names without success, she sent her servant out to discover the little man’s name. The girl did not want to give up her child, so the little man said if she could guess his name after 3 days, she could keep her child. Time passed, the girl became queen and had a son. That is when a little man showed up to help her, ultimately trading her firstborn child for spun gold. The girl cried because she did not know how to do what was asked of her. So, the king called for the daughter and ordered her to turn a room full of straw into gold. The poor miller, wanting to impress the king, stated that his daughter could turn straw into gold.
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