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Rumpelstilzchen
Brothers Grimm
In each language: Rumpelstiltskin · Rumpelstilzchen · ルンペルシュティルツヒェン · 룸펠슈틸츠헨 · 侏儒妖
A miller boasts to the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold, and the greedy king locks her in a room full of straw with a spinning wheel and a deadly deadline. When she breaks down in despair, a strange little man appears offering to do the impossible, for a price.
In English, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish and Chinese · about 1,100 words · 5–10 min to read.
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An einem Waldrand, in einem weit entfernten Land, floss ein schöner Wasserstrom; und an diesem Strom stand eine Mühle. Das Haus des Müllers lag ganz in der Nähe, und der Müller, das musst du wissen, hatte eine sehr schöne Tochter.
By the side of a wood, in a country a long way off, ran a fine stream of water; and upon the stream there stood a mill. The miller’s house was close by, and the miller, you must know, had a very beautiful daughter.
Sie war zudem sehr klug und gescheit; und der Müller war so stolz auf sie, dass er eines Tages dem König des Landes, der gewöhnlich im Wald zu jagen pflegte, erzählte, seine Tochter könne Stroh zu Gold spinnen.
She was, moreover, very shrewd and clever; and the miller was so proud of her, that he one day told the king of the land, who used to come and hunt in the wood, that his daughter could spin gold out of straw.
Nun war dieser König sehr geldgierig; und als er die Prahlerei des Müllers hörte, wurde seine Gier geweckt, und er ließ das Mädchen zu sich bringen.
Now this king was very fond of money; and when he heard the miller’s boast his greediness was raised, and he sent for the girl to be brought before him.
Languages
- Rumpelstiltskin · English (original)1,139 words · ~5 min
- Rumpelstilzchen · GermanB1 Intermediate · 1,080 words · ~10 min
- Rumpelstiltskin · SpanishB1 Intermediate · 1,080 words · ~10 min
- ルンペルシュティルツヒェン · JapaneseB1 Intermediate · 32 words · ~5 min
- 룸펠슈틸츠헨 · KoreanB1 Intermediate · 711 words · ~5 min
- Rumpelstiltskin · PortugueseB1 Intermediate · 1,091 words · ~10 min
- Rumpelstiltskin · RomanianB1 Intermediate · 1,074 words · ~10 min
- Rumpelstiltskin · TurkishB1 Intermediate · 781 words · ~5 min
- 侏儒妖 · ChineseB1 Intermediate · 32 words · ~5 min
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