Modern twists and wry asides embellish an original story based on the premise that the miller's daughter eventually fell in love and married Rumpelstiltskin ("...you'd make a good provider and I have a weakness for short men."). Years later, plagued once again by the same greedy king who demands to have straw spun into gold, their daughter manages to outwit him with a scheme that redistributes the wealth among the all the poor farmers in the kingdom, and ultimately satisfies the king as well. Guess what? They all live happily ever after! (Ages 4-8)