53 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit.
54 | Ratione nisi, consequuntur saepe animi eum alias vero dolorem.
55 | Assumenda cum deserunt labore pariatur ut obcaecati, optio minima qui ducimus fuga laudantium?
56 |
Once upon a time there lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature was ever seen.
11 | Her mother was excessively fond of her; and her grandmother doted on her still more. This good woman had made
12 | for her a little red riding-hood; which became the girl so extremely well that everybody called her Little Red
13 | Riding-Hood.
14 |
One day her mother, having made some custards, said to her:
15 |
“Go, my dear, and see how thy grandmamma does, for I hear she has been very ill; carry her a custard, and this
16 | little pot of butter.”
17 |
Little Red Riding-Hood set out immediately to go to her grandmother, who lived in another village.
18 |
As she was going through the wood, she met with Gaffer Wolf, who had a very great mind to eat her up, but he
19 | dared not, because of some faggot-makers hard by in the forest. He asked her whither she was going. The poor
20 | child, who did not know that it was dangerous to stay and hear a wolf talk, said to him:
21 |
“I am going to see my grandmamma and carry her a custard and a little pot of butter from my mamma.”
22 |
“Does she live far off?” said the Wolf.
23 |
“Oh! ay,” answered Little Red Riding-Hood; “it is beyond that mill you see there, at the first house in the
24 | village.”
25 |
“Well,” said the Wolf, “and I’ll go and see her too. I’ll go this way and you go that, and we shall see who will
26 | be there soonest.”
27 |
The Wolf began to run as fast as he could, taking the nearest way, and the little girl went by that farthest
28 | about, diverting herself in gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and making nosegays of such little
29 | flowers as she met with. The Wolf was not long before he got to the old woman’s house. He knocked at the
30 | door—tap, tap.
31 |
“Who’s there?”
32 |
“Your grandchild, Little Red Riding-Hood,” replied the Wolf, counterfeiting her voice; “who has brought you a
33 | custard and a little pot of butter sent you by mamma.”
34 |
The good grandmother, who was in bed, because she was somewhat ill, cried out:
35 |
“Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up.”
36 |
The Wolf pulled the bobbin, and the door opened, and then presently he fell upon the good woman and ate her up in
37 | a moment, for it was above three days that he had not touched a bit. He then shut the door and went into the
38 | grandmother’s bed, expecting Little Red Riding-Hood, who came some time afterward and knocked at the door—tap,
39 | tap.
40 |
“Who’s there?”
41 |
Little Red Riding-Hood, hearing the big voice of the Wolf, was at first afraid; but believing her grandmother had
42 | got a cold and was hoarse, answered:
43 |
“‘Tis your grandchild, Little Red Riding-Hood, who has brought you a custard and a little pot of butter mamma
44 | sends you.”
45 |
The Wolf cried out to her, softening his voice as much as he could:
46 |
“Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up.”
47 |
Little Red Riding-Hood pulled the bobbin, and the door opened.
48 |
The Wolf, seeing her come in, said to her, hiding himself under the bed-clothes:
49 |
“Put the custard and the little pot of butter upon the stool, and come and lie down with me.”
50 |
Little Red Riding-Hood undressed herself and went into bed, where, being greatly amazed to see how her
51 | grandmother looked in her night-clothes, she said to her:
52 |
“Grandmamma, what great arms you have got!”
53 |
“That is the better to hug thee, my dear.”
54 |
“Grandmamma, what great legs you have got!”
55 |
“That is to run the better, my child.”
56 |
“Grandmamma, what great ears you have got!”
57 |
“That is to hear the better, my child.”
58 |
“Grandmamma, what great eyes you have got!”
59 |
“It is to see the better, my child.”
60 |
“Grandmamma, what great teeth you have got!”
61 |
“That is to eat thee up.”
62 |
And, saying these words, this wicked wolf fell upon Little Red Riding-Hood, and ate her all up.
THERE was once upon a time a widow who had two daughters. The eldest was so much like her in the face and humor
11 | that whoever looked upon the daughter saw the mother. They were both so disagreeable and so proud that there was
12 | no living with them.
13 |
The youngest, who was the very picture of her father for courtesy and sweetness of temper, was withal one of the
14 | most beautiful girls ever seen. As people naturally love their own likeness, this mother even doted on her
15 | eldest daughter and at the same time had a horrible aversion for the youngest—she made her eat in the kitchen
16 | and work continually.
17 |
Among other things, this poor child was forced twice a day to draw water above a mile and a-half off the house,
18 | and bring home a pitcher full of it. One day, as she was at this fountain, there came to her a poor woman, who
19 | begged of her to let her drink.
20 |
“Oh! ay, with all my heart, Goody,” said this pretty little girl; and rinsing immediately the pitcher, she took
21 | up some water from the clearest place of the fountain, and gave it to her, holding up the pitcher all the while,
22 | that she might drink the easier.
23 |
The good woman, having drunk, said to her:
24 |
“You are so very pretty, my dear, so good and so mannerly, that I cannot help giving you a gift.” For this was a
25 | fairy, who had taken the form of a poor country woman, to see how far the civility and good manners of this
26 | pretty girl would go. “I will give you for a gift,” continued the Fairy, “that, at every word you speak, there
27 | shall come out of your mouth either a flower or a jewel.”
28 |
When this pretty girl came home her mother scolded her for staying so long at the fountain.
29 |
“I beg your pardon, mamma,” said the poor girl, “for not making more haste.”
30 |
And in speaking these words there came out of her mouth two roses, two pearls, and two diamonds.
31 |
“What is it I see there?” said the mother, quite astonished. “I think I see pearls and diamonds come out of the
32 | girl’s mouth! How happens this, child?”
33 |
This was the first time she had ever called her child.
34 |
The poor creature told her frankly all the matter, not without dropping out infinite numbers of diamonds.
35 |
“In good faith,” cried the mother, “I must send my child thither. Come hither, Fanny; look what comes out of thy
36 | sister’s mouth when she speaks. Wouldst not thou be glad, my dear, to have the same gift given thee? Thou hast
37 | nothing else to do but go and draw water out of the fountain, and when a certain poor woman asks you to let her
38 | drink, to give it to her very civilly.”
39 |
“It would be a very fine sight indeed,” said this ill-bred minx, “to see me go draw water.”
40 |
“You shall go, hussy!” said the mother; “and this minute.”
41 |
So away she went, but grumbling all the way, taking with her the best silver tankard in the house.
42 |
She was no sooner at the fountain than she saw coming out of the wood a lady most gloriously dressed, who came up
43 | to her, and asked to drink. This was, you must know, the very fairy who appeared to her sister, but now had
44 | taken the air and dress of a princess, to see how far this girl’s rudeness would go.
45 |
“Am I come hither,” said the proud, saucy one, “to serve you with water, pray? I suppose the silver tankard was
46 | brought purely for your ladyship, was it? However, you may drink out of it, if you have a fancy.”
47 |
“You are not over and above mannerly,” answered the Fairy, without putting herself in a passion. “Well, then,
48 | since you have so little breeding, and are so disobliging, I give you for a gift that at every word you speak
49 | there shall come out of your mouth a snake or a toad.”
50 |
So soon as her mother saw her coming she cried out:
51 |
“Well, daughter?”
52 |
“Well, mother?” answered the pert hussy, throwing out of her mouth two vipers and two toads.
53 |
“Oh! mercy,” cried the mother; “what is it I see? Oh! it is that wretch her sister who has occasioned all this;
54 | but she shall pay for it”; and immediately she ran to beat her. The poor child fled away from her, and went to
55 | hide herself in the forest, not far from thence.
56 |
The King’s son, then on his return from hunting, met her, and seeing her so very pretty, asked her what she did
57 | there alone and why she cried.
58 |
“Alas! sir, my mamma has turned me out of doors.”
59 |
The King’s son, who saw five or six pearls and as many diamonds come out of her mouth, desired her to tell him
60 | how that happened. She thereupon told him the whole story; and so the King’s son fell in love with her, and,
61 | considering himself that such a gift was worth more than any marriage portion, conducted her to the palace of
62 | the King his father, and there married her.
63 |
As for the sister, she made herself so much hated that her own mother turned her off; and the miserable wretch,
64 | having wandered about a good while without finding anybody to take her in, went to a corner of the wood, and
65 | there died.(1)
There was once upon a time a poor miller who had a very beautiful daughter. Now it happened one day that he had
11 | an audience with the King, and in order to appear a person of some importance he told him that he had a daughter
12 | who could spin straw into gold. “Now that’s a talent worth having,” said the King to the miller; “if your
13 | daughter is as clever as you say, bring her to my palace to-morrow, and I’ll put her to the test.” When the girl
14 | was brought to him he led her into a room full of straw, gave her a spinning-wheel and spindle, and said: “Now
15 | set to work and spin all night till early dawn, and if by that time you haven’t spun the straw into gold you
16 | shall die.” Then he closed the door behind him and left her alone inside.
17 |
So the poor miller’s daughter sat down, and didn’t know what in the world she was to do. She hadn’t the least
18 | idea of how to spin straw into gold, and became at last so miserable that she began to cry. Suddenly the door
19 | opened, and in stepped a tiny little man and said: “Good-evening, Miss Miller-maid; why are you crying so
20 | bitterly?” “Oh!” answered the girl, “I have to spin straw into gold, and haven’t a notion how it’s done.” “What
21 | will you give me if I spin it for you?” asked the manikin. “My necklace,” replied the girl. The little man took
22 | the necklace, sat himself down at the wheel, and whir, whir, whir, the wheel went round three times, and the
23 | bobbin was full. Then he put on another, and whir, whir, whir, the wheel went round three times, and the second
24 | too was full; and so it went on till the morning, when all the straw was spun away, and all the bobbins were
25 | full of gold. As soon as the sun rose the King came, and when he perceived the gold he was astonished and
26 | delighted, but his heart only lusted more than ever after the precious metal. He had the miller’s daughter put
27 | into another room full of straw, much bigger than the first, and bade her, if she valued her life, spin it all
28 | into gold before the following morning. The girl didn’t know what to do, and began to cry; then the door opened
29 | as before, and the tiny little man appeared and said: “What’ll you give me if I spin the straw into gold for
30 | you?” “The ring from my finger,” answered the girl. The manikin took the ring, and whir! round went the
31 | spinning-wheel again, and when morning broke he had spun all the straw into glittering gold. The King was
32 | pleased beyond measure at the sights but his greed for gold was still not satisfied, and he had the miller’s
33 | daughter brought into a yet bigger room full of straw, and said: “You must spin all this away in the night; but
34 | if you succeed this time you shall become my wife.” “She’s only a miller’s daughter, it’s true,” he thought;
35 | “but I couldn’t find a richer wife if I were to search the whole world over.” When the girl was alone the little
36 | man appeared for the third time, and said: “What’ll you give me if I spin the straw for you once again?” “I’ve
37 | nothing more to give,” answered the girl. “Then promise me when you are Queen to give me your first child.” “Who
38 | knows what may not happen before that?” thought the miller’s daughter; and besides, she saw no other way out of
39 | it, so she promised the manikin what he demanded, and he set to work once more and spun the straw into gold.
40 | When the King came in the morning, and found everything as he had desired, he straightway made her his wife, and
41 | the miller’s daughter became a queen.
42 |
When a year had passed a beautiful son was born to her, and she thought no more of the little man, till all of a
43 | sudden one day he stepped into her room and said: “Now give me what you promised.” The Queen was in a great
44 | state, and offered the little man all the riches in her kingdom if he would only leave her the child. But the
45 | manikin said: “No, a living creature is dearer to me than all the treasures in the world.” Then the Queen began
46 | to cry and sob so bitterly that the little man was sorry for her, and said: “I’ll give you three days to guess
47 | my name, and if you find it out in that time you may keep your child.”
48 |
Then the Queen pondered the whole night over all the names she had ever heard, and sent a messenger to scour the
49 | land, and to pick up far and near any names he could come across. When the little man arrived on the following
50 | day she began with Kasper, Melchior, Belshazzar, and all the other names she knew, in a string, but at each one
51 | the manikin called out: “That’s not my name.” The next day she sent to inquire the names of all the people in
52 | the neighborhood, and had a long list of the most uncommon and extraordinary for the little man when he made his
53 | appearance. “Is your name, perhaps, Sheepshanks Cruickshanks, Spindleshanks?” but he always replied: “That’s not
54 | my name.” On the third day the messenger returned and announced: “I have not been able to find any new names,
55 | but as I came upon a high hill round the corner of the wood, where the foxes and hares bid each other
56 | good-night, I saw a little house, and in front of the house burned a fire, and round the fire sprang the most
57 | grotesque little man, hopping on one leg and crying:
58 |
“To-morrow I brew, to-day I bake, And then the child away I’ll
59 | take; For little deems my royal dame That Rumpelstiltzkin is my
60 | name!”
61 |
You can imagine the Queen’s delight at hearing the name, and when the little man stepped in shortly afterward and
62 | asked: “Now, my lady Queen, what’s my name?” she asked first: “Is your name Conrad?” “No.” “Is your name Harry?”
63 | “No.” “Is your name perhaps, Rumpelstiltzkin?” “Some demon has told you that! some demon has told you that!”
64 | screamed the little man, and in his rage drove his right foot so far into the ground that it sank in up to his
65 | waist; then in a passion he seized the left foot with both hands and tore himself in two.(1)
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138 | // save the current colors so we can un-highlight the element later
139 | previousTextColors[id] = {"color": elm.style.color, "bk": elm.style.backgroundColor};
140 | if (localStorage.getItem("use-custom-highlight") === "true") {
141 | // use custom colors
142 | elm.style.color = localStorage.getItem("highlight");
143 | elm.style.backgroundColor = localStorage.getItem("highlight-bk");
144 | }
145 | else {
146 | // use publication defaults
147 | elm.classList.add(activeElementClass);
148 | }
149 |
150 | });
151 | Events.trigger("Narrator.Highlight", ids, text);
152 |
153 | // this is tricky because we can't possibly scroll all of them into view
154 | // the last element wins, I guess
155 | if (!isInViewport(elm, htmlDocument)) {
156 | elm.scrollIntoView();
157 | }
158 | }
159 |
160 | function resetTextStyle(ids) {
161 | ids.map(id => {
162 | let elm = htmlDocument.getElementById(id);
163 | elm.classList.remove(activeElementClass);
164 | elm.style.color = previousTextColors[id].color;
165 | elm.style.backgroundColor = previousTextColors[id].bk;
166 | });
167 | }
168 |
169 | // find the node that includes this offset
170 | // assuming one audio file per syncnarr document
171 | function findOffsetPosition(offset) {
172 | let idx = items.findIndex(item => {
173 | let start = parseFloat(item.audio.split("#t=")[1].split(",")[0]);
174 | let end = parseFloat(item.audio.split("#t=")[1].split(",")[1]);
175 |
176 | return start <= offset && end >= offset;
177 | });
178 | return idx === -1 ? 0 : idx;
179 | }
180 |
181 | let groupId = 0;
182 | // flatten out any nested items
183 | function flatten (itemsArr, roleValue) {
184 | var flatter = itemsArr.map(item => {
185 | if (item.hasOwnProperty("narration")) {
186 | groupId++;
187 | return flatten(item['narration'], item['role']);
188 | }
189 | else {
190 | item.role = roleValue ? roleValue : '';
191 | item.groupId = groupId;
192 | return item;
193 | }
194 | })
195 | .reduce((acc, curr) => acc.concat(curr), []);
196 | groupId--;
197 | return flatter;
198 | }
199 |
200 | function loadFromElement(id) {
201 | textids = items[position].text.map(textitem => textitem.split("#")[1]);
202 |
203 | resetTextStyle(textids);
204 |
205 | // TODO this assumes all IDs are fragment only
206 | let itemIdx = items.findIndex(item => item.text.includes(`#${id}`));
207 |
208 | position = itemIdx;
209 |
210 | render(
211 | items[position],
212 | position+1 >= items.length
213 | );
214 | }
215 |
216 | /*
217 | function escape() {
218 | console.log("Escape");
219 |
220 | let textid = items[position].text.split("#")[1];
221 | resetTextStyle(textid);
222 |
223 | position = items.slice(position).findIndex(thing => thing.groupId !== items[position].groupId)
224 | + (items.length - items.slice(position).length) - 1;
225 | next();
226 | }
227 | */
228 |
229 | export {
230 | loadJson,
231 | setHtmlDocument,
232 | next,
233 | prev
234 | };
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1 | import * as Events from './events.js';
2 | import * as Audio from './audio.js';
3 | import * as Narrator from './narrator.js';
4 | import * as LocalData from '../common/localdata.js';
5 | import * as Utils from '../common/utils.js';
6 |
7 | let isPlaying = false;
8 | let isCaption = false;
9 | let isSyncNarr = false;
10 |
11 | function init() {
12 | document.querySelector("#current-position").textContent = '--';
13 |
14 | document.querySelector("#rate").addEventListener("input",
15 | e => setPlaybackRate(e.target.value));
16 | document.querySelector("#volume").addEventListener("input",
17 | e => setPlaybackVolume(e.target.value));
18 |
19 | document.querySelector("#reset-rate").addEventListener("click",
20 | e => setPlaybackRate(100));
21 | document.querySelector("#mute").addEventListener("click", e => toggleMute());
22 |
23 | document.querySelector("#bookmark").addEventListener("click", e => addBookmark());
24 |
25 | document.querySelector("#next").addEventListener("click", e => next());
26 | document.querySelector("#prev").addEventListener("click", e => prev());
27 |
28 | document.querySelector("#caption-page").addEventListener("click", e => {
29 | if (isCaption) {
30 | captionsOff();
31 | Events.trigger("Captions.Off");
32 | }
33 | else {
34 | captionsOn();
35 | Events.trigger("Captions.On");
36 | }
37 | });
38 |
39 | document.querySelector("#rate").value = 100;
40 | setPlaybackRate(100);
41 | document.querySelector("#volume").value = 80;
42 | setPlaybackVolume(80);
43 |
44 | Events.on("Audio.PositionChange", onPositionChange);
45 | Events.on("Audio.Play", onPlay);
46 | Events.on("Audio.Pause", onPause);
47 |
48 | document.querySelector("#play-pause").addEventListener("click", e => {
49 | if (isPlaying) {
50 | Audio.pause();
51 | }
52 | else {
53 | Audio.resume();
54 | }
55 | });
56 | }
57 |
58 | function next() {
59 | if (isSyncNarr) {
60 | Narrator.next();
61 | }
62 | else {
63 | Audio.setPosition(Audio.getPosition() + 30);
64 | }
65 | }
66 | function prev() {
67 | if (isSyncNarr) {
68 | Narrator.prev();
69 | }
70 | else {
71 | Audio.setPosition(Audio.getPosition() - 30);
72 | }
73 | }
74 | function toggleMute() {
75 | if (Audio.isMuted()) {
76 | document.querySelector("#volume-wrapper").classList.remove("disabled");
77 | document.querySelector("#volume").disabled = false;
78 | document.querySelector("#mute").setAttribute("title", "Mute");
79 | document.querySelector("#mute").setAttribute("aria-label", "Mute");
80 | // make the x disappear on the icon
81 | Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(".mute-x")).map(node => node.classList.remove("muted"));
82 | Audio.unmute();
83 | }
84 | else {
85 | document.querySelector("#volume-wrapper").classList.add("disabled");
86 | document.querySelector("#volume").disabled = true;
87 | document.querySelector("#mute").setAttribute("title", "Unmute");
88 | document.querySelector("#mute").setAttribute("aria-label", "Unmute");
89 | // make the x appear on the icon
90 | Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(".mute-x")).map(node => node.classList.add("muted"));
91 | Audio.mute();
92 | }
93 | }
94 | function setPlaybackRate(val) {
95 | document.querySelector("#rate-value").textContent = `${val/100}x`;
96 | if (document.querySelector('#rate').value != val) {
97 | document.querySelector("#rate").value = val;
98 | }
99 | Audio.setRate(val/100);
100 | }
101 |
102 | function setPlaybackVolume(val) {
103 | document.querySelector("#volume-value").textContent = `${val}%`;
104 | Audio.setVolume(val/100);
105 | }
106 |
107 | function onPositionChange(position, fileDuration) {
108 |
109 | let currentPosition = Utils.secondsToHms(position);
110 | let fileLength = '--';
111 | if (!isNaN(fileDuration)) {
112 | let duration = Utils.secondsToHms(fileDuration);
113 |
114 | // if (document.querySelector("#file-length").textContent != duration) {
115 | // document.querySelector("#file-length").textContent = duration;
116 | // }
117 | fileLength = Utils.secondsToHms(fileDuration);
118 | }
119 | // trim the leading zeros
120 | if (currentPosition.indexOf("00:") == 0) {
121 | currentPosition = currentPosition.slice(3);
122 | }
123 | if (fileLength.indexOf("00:") == 0) {
124 | fileLength = fileLength.slice(3);
125 | }
126 |
127 | document.querySelector("#current-position").innerHTML = `${currentPosition} of ${fileLength}`;
128 | }
129 |
130 | function onPlay() {
131 | document.querySelector("#pause").classList.remove("disabled");
132 | document.querySelector("#play").classList.add("disabled");
133 | document.querySelector("#play-pause").setAttribute("aria-label", "Pause");
134 | document.querySelector("#play-pause").setAttribute("title", "Pause");
135 | isPlaying = true;
136 | }
137 |
138 | function onPause() {
139 | document.querySelector("#pause").classList.add("disabled");
140 | document.querySelector("#play").classList.remove("disabled");
141 | document.querySelector("#play-pause").setAttribute("aria-label", "Play");
142 | document.querySelector("#play-pause").setAttribute("title", "Play");
143 | isPlaying = false;
144 | }
145 |
146 | function showSyncNarrationControls() {
147 | log.debug("Controls: show sync narration controls");
148 | isSyncNarr = true;
149 | document.querySelector("#next").setAttribute("aria-label", "Next phrase");
150 | document.querySelector("#prev").setAttribute("aria-label", "Previous phrase");
151 | document.querySelector("#next").setAttribute("title", "Next phrase");
152 | document.querySelector("#prev").setAttribute("title", "Previous phrase");
153 |
154 | document.querySelector("#caption-page").classList.remove("disabled");
155 | if (isCaption) {
156 | document.querySelector("#caption").classList.add("disabled");
157 | document.querySelector("#page").classList.remove("disabled");
158 | }
159 | else {
160 | document.querySelector("#caption").classList.remove("disabled");
161 | document.querySelector("#page").classList.add("disabled");
162 | }
163 |
164 | }
165 |
166 | function showAudioControls() {
167 | log.debug("Controls: show audio controls");
168 | isSyncNarr = false;
169 |
170 | document.querySelector("#next").setAttribute("aria-label", "Skip ahead 30 seconds");
171 | document.querySelector("#prev").setAttribute("aria-label", "Skip back 30 seconds");
172 |
173 | document.querySelector("#next").setAttribute("title", "Skip ahead 30 seconds");
174 | document.querySelector("#prev").setAttribute("title", "Skip back 30 seconds");
175 |
176 | document.querySelector("#caption-page").classList.add("disabled");
177 |
178 | // turn off the captions if they were on
179 | if (isCaption) {
180 | Events.trigger("Captions.Off");
181 | }
182 |
183 | }
184 | function addBookmark() {
185 | // request the publication ID from the main player
186 | Events.off("Response.Pubid", _addBookmark);
187 | Events.on("Response.Pubid", _addBookmark);
188 | Events.trigger("Request.Pubid");
189 | }
190 | async function _addBookmark(id) {
191 | await LocalData.addBookmarkAtCurrentPosition(id);
192 | Events.trigger("Bookmarks.Refresh");
193 | }
194 |
195 | function captionsOff() {
196 | isCaption = false;
197 | document.querySelector("#caption").classList.remove("disabled");
198 | document.querySelector("#page").classList.add("disabled");
199 | document.querySelector("#caption-page").setAttribute("title", "Show captions");
200 | document.querySelector("#caption-page").setAttribute("aria-label", "Show captions");
201 | }
202 |
203 | function captionsOn() {
204 | isCaption = true;
205 | document.querySelector("#caption").classList.add("disabled");
206 | document.querySelector("#page").classList.remove("disabled");
207 | document.querySelector("#caption-page").setAttribute("title", "Show page");
208 | document.querySelector("#caption-page").setAttribute("aria-label", "Show page");
209 | }
210 | export {
211 | init,
212 | showSyncNarrationControls,
213 | showAudioControls
214 | }
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2 | RUMPELSTILTZKIN
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RUMPELSTILTZKIN
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There was once upon a time a poor miller who had a very beautiful daughter.
10 | Now it happened one day that he had
11 | an audience with the King, and in order to appear a person of some importance he told him that he had a daughter
12 | who could spin straw into gold.
13 |
14 | “Now that’s a talent worth having,” said the King to the miller; “if your
15 | daughter is as clever as you say, bring her to my palace to-morrow, and I’ll put her to the test.”
16 |
17 | When the girl
18 | was brought to him he led her into a room full of straw, gave her a spinning-wheel and spindle, and said: “Now
19 | set to work and spin all night till early dawn, and if by that time you haven’t spun the straw into gold you
20 | shall die.”
21 | Then he closed the door behind him and left her alone inside.
22 |
So the poor miller’s daughter sat down, and didn’t know what in the world she was to do.
23 | She hadn’t the least
24 | idea of how to spin straw into gold, and became at last so miserable that she began to cry.
25 |
26 | Suddenly the door
27 | opened, and in stepped a tiny little man and said: “Good-evening, Miss Miller-maid; why are you crying so
28 | bitterly?”
29 | “Oh!” answered the girl, “I have to spin straw into gold, and haven’t a notion how it’s done.”
30 | “What
31 | will you give me if I spin it for you?” asked the manikin.
32 | “My necklace,” replied the girl.
33 | The little man took
34 | the necklace, sat himself down at the wheel, and whir, whir, whir, the wheel went round three times, and the
35 | bobbin was full.
36 |
37 | Then he put on another, and whir, whir, whir, the wheel went round three times, and the second
38 | too was full; and so it went on till the morning, when all the straw was spun away, and all the bobbins were
39 | full of gold.
40 |
41 | As soon as the sun rose the King came, and when he perceived the gold he was astonished and
42 | delighted, but his heart only lusted more than ever after the precious metal.
43 |
44 | He had the miller’s daughter put
45 | into another room full of straw, much bigger than the first, and bade her, if she valued her life, spin it all
46 | into gold before the following morning.
47 |
48 | The girl didn’t know what to do, and began to cry; then the door opened
49 | as before, and the tiny little man appeared and said: “What’ll you give me if I spin the straw into gold for
50 | you?”
51 | “The ring from my finger,” answered the girl.
52 | The manikin took the ring, and whir! round went the
53 | spinning-wheel again, and when morning broke he had spun all the straw into glittering gold.
54 |
55 | The King was
56 | pleased beyond measure at the sights but his greed for gold was still not satisfied, and he had the miller’s
57 | daughter brought into a yet bigger room full of straw, and said: “You must spin all this away in the night; but
58 | if you succeed this time you shall become my wife.”
59 |
60 | “She’s only a miller’s daughter, it’s true,” he thought;
61 | “but I couldn’t find a richer wife if I were to search the whole world over.”
62 |
63 | When the girl was alone the little
64 | man appeared for the third time, and said: “What’ll you give me if I spin the straw for you once again?”
65 |
66 | “I’ve
67 | nothing more to give,” answered the girl.
68 | “Then promise me when you are Queen to give me your first child.”
69 | “Who
70 | knows what may not happen before that?” thought the miller’s daughter; and besides, she saw no other way out of
71 | it, so she promised the manikin what he demanded, and he set to work once more and spun the straw into gold.
72 |
73 |
74 | When the King came in the morning, and found everything as he had desired, he straightway made her his wife, and
75 | the miller’s daughter became a queen.
76 |
77 |
78 | When a year had passed a beautiful son was born to her, and she thought no more of the little man, till all of a
79 | sudden one day he stepped into her room and said: “Now give me what you promised.”
80 |
81 | The Queen was in a great
82 | state, and offered the little man all the riches in her kingdom if he would only leave her the child.
83 |
84 | But the
85 | manikin said: “No, a living creature is dearer to me than all the treasures in the world.”
86 |
87 | Then the Queen began
88 | to cry and sob so bitterly that the little man was sorry for her, and said: “I’ll give you three days to guess
89 | my name, and if you find it out in that time you may keep your child.”
90 |
91 |
92 | Then the Queen pondered the whole night over all the names she had ever heard, and sent a messenger to scour the
93 | land, and to pick up far and near any names he could come across.
94 |
95 | When the little man arrived on the following
96 | day she began with Kasper, Melchior, Belshazzar, and all the other names she knew, in a string, but at each one
97 | the manikin called out: “That’s not my name.”
98 |
99 | The next day she sent to inquire the names of all the people in
100 | the neighborhood, and had a long list of the most uncommon and extraordinary for the little man when he made his
101 | appearance.
102 |
103 | “Is your name, perhaps, Sheepshanks Cruickshanks, Spindleshanks?” but he always replied: “That’s not
104 | my name.”
105 |
106 | On the third day the messenger returned and announced: “I have not been able to find any new names,
107 | but as I came upon a high hill round the corner of the wood, where the foxes and hares bid each other
108 | good-night, I saw a little house, and in front of the house burned a fire, and round the fire sprang the most
109 | grotesque little man, hopping on one leg and crying:
110 |
111 |
112 |
113 | "To-morrow I brew, to-day I bake,
114 |
115 | And then the child away I'll take;
116 |
117 | For little deems my royal dame
118 |
119 | That Rumpelstiltzkin is my name!"
120 |
121 |
122 |
123 | You can imagine the Queen’s delight at hearing the name, and when the little man stepped in shortly afterward and
124 | asked: “Now, my lady Queen, what’s my name?”
125 |
126 | she asked first: “Is your name Conrad?” “No.” “Is your name Harry?”
127 | “No.”
128 | “Is your name perhaps, Rumpelstiltzkin?”
129 | “Some demon has told you that! some demon has told you that!”
130 | screamed the little man, and in his rage drove his right foot so far into the ground that it sank in up to his
131 | waist; then in a passion he seized the left foot with both hands and tore himself in two.
132 |
There was once upon a time a poor miller who had a very beautiful daughter.
10 | Now it happened one day that he had
11 | an audience with the King, and in order to appear a person of some importance he told him that he had a daughter
12 | who could spin straw into gold.
13 |
14 | “Now that’s a talent worth having,” said the King to the miller; “if your
15 | daughter is as clever as you say, bring her to my palace to-morrow, and I’ll put her to the test.”
16 |
17 | When the girl
18 | was brought to him he led her into a room full of straw, gave her a spinning-wheel and spindle, and said: “Now
19 | set to work and spin all night till early dawn, and if by that time you haven’t spun the straw into gold you
20 | shall die.”
21 | Then he closed the door behind him and left her alone inside.
22 |
So the poor miller’s daughter sat down, and didn’t know what in the world she was to do.
23 | She hadn’t the least
24 | idea of how to spin straw into gold, and became at last so miserable that she began to cry.
25 |
26 | Suddenly the door
27 | opened, and in stepped a tiny little man and said: “Good-evening, Miss Miller-maid; why are you crying so
28 | bitterly?”
29 | “Oh!” answered the girl, “I have to spin straw into gold, and haven’t a notion how it’s done.”
30 | “What
31 | will you give me if I spin it for you?” asked the manikin.
32 | “My necklace,” replied the girl.
33 | The little man took
34 | the necklace, sat himself down at the wheel, and whir, whir, whir, the wheel went round three times, and the
35 | bobbin was full.
36 |
37 | Then he put on another, and whir, whir, whir, the wheel went round three times, and the second
38 | too was full; and so it went on till the morning, when all the straw was spun away, and all the bobbins were
39 | full of gold.
40 |
41 | As soon as the sun rose the King came, and when he perceived the gold he was astonished and
42 | delighted, but his heart only lusted more than ever after the precious metal.
43 |
44 | He had the miller’s daughter put
45 | into another room full of straw, much bigger than the first, and bade her, if she valued her life, spin it all
46 | into gold before the following morning.
47 |
48 | The girl didn’t know what to do, and began to cry; then the door opened
49 | as before, and the tiny little man appeared and said: “What’ll you give me if I spin the straw into gold for
50 | you?”
51 | “The ring from my finger,” answered the girl.
52 | The manikin took the ring, and whir! round went the
53 | spinning-wheel again, and when morning broke he had spun all the straw into glittering gold.
54 |
55 | The King was
56 | pleased beyond measure at the sights but his greed for gold was still not satisfied, and he had the miller’s
57 | daughter brought into a yet bigger room full of straw, and said: “You must spin all this away in the night; but
58 | if you succeed this time you shall become my wife.”
59 |
60 | “She’s only a miller’s daughter, it’s true,” he thought;
61 | “but I couldn’t find a richer wife if I were to search the whole world over.”
62 |
63 | When the girl was alone the little
64 | man appeared for the third time, and said: “What’ll you give me if I spin the straw for you once again?”
65 |
66 | “I’ve
67 | nothing more to give,” answered the girl.
68 | “Then promise me when you are Queen to give me your first child.”
69 | “Who
70 | knows what may not happen before that?” thought the miller’s daughter; and besides, she saw no other way out of
71 | it, so she promised the manikin what he demanded, and he set to work once more and spun the straw into gold.
72 |
73 |
74 | When the King came in the morning, and found everything as he had desired, he straightway made her his wife, and
75 | the miller’s daughter became a queen.
76 |
77 |
78 | When a year had passed a beautiful son was born to her, and she thought no more of the little man, till all of a
79 | sudden one day he stepped into her room and said: “Now give me what you promised.”
80 |
81 | The Queen was in a great
82 | state, and offered the little man all the riches in her kingdom if he would only leave her the child.
83 |
84 | But the
85 | manikin said: “No, a living creature is dearer to me than all the treasures in the world.”
86 |
87 | Then the Queen began
88 | to cry and sob so bitterly that the little man was sorry for her, and said: “I’ll give you three days to guess
89 | my name, and if you find it out in that time you may keep your child.”
90 |
91 |
92 | Then the Queen pondered the whole night over all the names she had ever heard, and sent a messenger to scour the
93 | land, and to pick up far and near any names he could come across.
94 |
95 | When the little man arrived on the following
96 | day she began with Kasper, Melchior, Belshazzar, and all the other names she knew, in a string, but at each one
97 | the manikin called out: “That’s not my name.”
98 |
99 | The next day she sent to inquire the names of all the people in
100 | the neighborhood, and had a long list of the most uncommon and extraordinary for the little man when he made his
101 | appearance.
102 |
103 | “Is your name, perhaps, Sheepshanks Cruickshanks, Spindleshanks?” but he always replied: “That’s not
104 | my name.”
105 |
106 | On the third day the messenger returned and announced: “I have not been able to find any new names,
107 | but as I came upon a high hill round the corner of the wood, where the foxes and hares bid each other
108 | good-night, I saw a little house, and in front of the house burned a fire, and round the fire sprang the most
109 | grotesque little man, hopping on one leg and crying:
110 |
111 |
112 |
113 | "To-morrow I brew, to-day I bake,
114 |
115 | And then the child away I'll take;
116 |
117 | For little deems my royal dame
118 |
119 | That Rumpelstiltzkin is my name!"
120 |
121 |
122 |
123 | You can imagine the Queen’s delight at hearing the name, and when the little man stepped in shortly afterward and
124 | asked: “Now, my lady Queen, what’s my name?”
125 |
126 | she asked first: “Is your name Conrad?” “No.” “Is your name Harry?”
127 | “No.”
128 | “Is your name perhaps, Rumpelstiltzkin?”
129 | “Some demon has told you that! some demon has told you that!”
130 | screamed the little man, and in his rage drove his right foot so far into the ground that it sank in up to his
131 | waist; then in a passion he seized the left foot with both hands and tore himself in two.
132 |