Lisa's father brags to the King that Lisa can spin straw into gold to impress him. The King demands Lisa spin straw into gold or be executed. A strange little man appears and spins straw into gold for Lisa in exchange for her possessions. He agrees to her firstborn child as payment. When Lisa's child is born, the man returns to claim the baby but agrees to give up his claim if Lisa guesses his name in three days. Lisa's parents learn his name is Rumpelstiltskin and on the third day Lisa correctly guesses his name, saving her child.

1. Synopsis
The King was making his rounds around his kingdom. The King visits Lisa’s cottage. Lisa’s
parents began to praise Lisa and claim that she can bake the best pies in the world. In order to
make himself appear more important, Lisa’s father lies to the king that his daughter could spin
straw into gold. The King knows that his kingdom is poor, thus, the king called for the girl, shut
her in a tower room with straw and a spinning wheel, and demanded that she spin the straw into
gold by morning or be executed. She had given up all hope, when a strange little man appeared
in the room and spun straw into gold for her in return for her necklace; then again the following
night for her ring. But on the third night, with nothing left, the strange creature spun straw into
gold for a promise that the girl’s first-born child would become his.
The greedy king was so impressed that he married Lisa, but when their first child was born, the
strange little man returned to claim his payment. The queen was frightened and offered him all
the wealth she had if she could keep the child. The strange little man refused but finally agreed to
give up his claim to the child if the queen could guess his name in three days. At first she failed.
Later, Lisa’s parents follow the little man and see him dance around a small fire and they hear
him say out loud, “Tricks and riddles are my game, Rumpelstiltskin is my name.”
Plot
(Introduction)
Exposition
This is first stage of a fictional or
dramatic plot, in which necessary
background information is provided.
It introduces characters, scene, time,
and situation
The King visits a cottage. The cottage belongs to Lisa’s
parents. The King was lured by the smell of freshly baked
apple pie. Lisa’s parents praised Lisa in an attempt to make
the King marry their daughter. They tell the King that she
bakes the best pies in the world. To impress the King
further, they also tell the King that Lisa can spin straw into
gold. The King brings her to his palace and asks her to turn
straw into gold. If she fails she will be beheaded.
(Action Starts)
Rising Action
This is a set of conflicts and crises
that constitute the part of a story’s
plot leading up to the climax.
Lisa sits and cries in the high tower. Then she hears
scratching noise. A strange little man appears and promises
to spin the straw into gold in exchange of her necklace. The
King was impressed and takes her to another bigger room
filled with straw. The King asks her to turn the straw into
gold. If she fails she will be beheaded. That night the
strange little man appeared again and promises to spin the
straw into gold in exchange for her ring. The King was
impressed and takes her to another bigger room filled with
straw. This time he promises to marry her. Lisa has nothing
else to offer to the little man. Her parents advised her to
give whatever he asks for. That night, when the strange
little man appeared, she promises her first born child.
Climax
This is the turning point of the
action in the plot of a story. The
climax represents the point of
A year passed. Lisa is the queen and she has a baby boy.
The strange little man suddenly appears and reminds her of

2. greatest tension in the work. her promise. Lisa pleaded to the little man not to take her
baby away as she is willing to give him all her money. The
little man refuses but finally agrees to give her three days to
guess his name. She fails to guess his name on the first and
second day. Lisa’s parents follow the little man and find out
his name.
Falling Action
In the plot of a story, the action
following the climax of the work
that moves it towards its
denouement or resolution.
On the third day, the little man comes to the nursery. Lisa
guesses his name as “Rumpelstiltskin”.
The strange little man gets angry and stamps his feet hard
on the floor and disappears in a puff of smoke.
Resolution
The ending of the story, the final
stage or unraveling of the plot;
usually very brief. Here the tension
is over, and unanswered questions
may be explained. The resolution is
reached following a major crisis and
climax.
Lisa’s baby boy is now safe. Lisa’s parents promises that
they will never boast again.