Under the disguise of a kind and well-meaning person, Rumpelstiltskin, a cunning dwarf, helps the miller's daughter to spin straw into gold, thus saving her from the king's punishment and offering her the chance to become queen. But he soon reveals his wicked nature, when he tries to take away the queen's child, by means of a strange game. Luckily, he is beaten at his own game and is forced to leave humiliated and ashamed. 'This is a softer and more sympathetic retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, in which the greedy king is humanized by his love for the miller's daughter and by his repentance for his greed and Rumpelstiltskin appears less scary and more funny than in other versions'. - Sarah Adams.