Once there was a miller who was poor, but who had a beautiful daughter. One day, the miller had to go and speak to the king, and in order to make himself appear important he said something pleasant to the King. The miller : "I have a daughter who can spin straw into gold." The King : "That is an art which pleases me well, if your daughter is as clever as you say, bring her tomorrow to my palace, and I will put her to the test." And when the girl was brought to the King, he took her into a room which was quite full of straw, gave her a spinning-wheel and a reel. Then, the King said , The King : "Now set to work, and if by tomorrow morning early you have not spun this straw into gold during the night, you must die." Thereupon, the King locked up the room, and left the girl in it alone. So there sat the poor miller's daughter, and for the life of her could not tell what to do, she had no idea how straw could be spun into gold, a