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The girl opens her eyes wide . She cannot believe it . The little man takes the full reel off the wheel , and he puts on an empty reel . Whirr , whirr , whirr ! Three turns again , and the second reel is full of gold too . And so it goes on , all night long . The little man spins and spins . The wheel sings . There is less and less straw on the floor , and there are more and more golden reels . The girl sits in the corner and watches him . “ Who are you ? ” she asks . “ Where do you come from ? ” But the little man does not answer . He only laughs a little , and he goes on spinning . Early in the morning , the last piece of straw is spun . All the reels are full of gold . The little man gets up . He goes out of the door , and he is gone . A moment later a key turns in the lock . It is the king . He is here very early , before the sun is up . The king looks round the room . Gold ! There is gold everywhere ! His eyes shine . He is surprised , and he is very happy . But the gold does not make his heart kind . It only makes him want more . IV . A Bigger Room “ Good , very good , ” says the king . He picks up a golden reel and holds it up to the light . “ Now come with me . ” He takes the girl to another room . This room is much bigger than the first one . And it is full of straw too , from the floor up to the ceiling . “ Spin all this straw into gold tonight , ” says the king . “ If you want to live , it must be gold in the morning . ” He goes out , and he locks the door again . The girl looks at the straw . There is so much of it ! She does not know what to do . “ Last night the little man helped me , ” she thinks . “ But will he come again ? Maybe not . Maybe he is far away now . ” She sits down at the wheel . She waits and waits . The room gets dark . Nobody comes . At last she begins to cry again . Then the door opens , and the little man comes in . “ Good evening , ” he says . “ More straw , I see . A lot more straw ! ” “ Oh , you came back ! ” says the girl . “ Thank you , thank you ! ” “ Not so fast , ” says the little man . “ What will you give me if I spin this straw into gold for you ? ” The girl looks at her hands . She has no necklace now . But there is a little ring on her finger . It is not worth much , but she loves it . “ The ring on my finger , ” she says . She takes off the ring and gives it to him . The little man looks at it . Then he puts it in his pocket , next to the necklace . He sits down at the wheel . Whirr , whirr , whirr ! The wheel turns and turns . The straw goes in , and gold comes out . This room is bigger , so the work takes longer . But the little man does not stop . He does not eat , and he does not sleep . He only spins .
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