Bedtime Tale: Rumpelstiltskin

The timeless tale of Rumpelstiltskin is retold by Jessica Amos in this kids sleep meditation track. A relaxing piano backdrop accompanies this fairytale narration, helping usher your kids into deep, restful sleep.

Transcript

Hello dear one,

My name is Jessica Amos,

But you can call me Jessa.

Tonight I will be reading you the story of Rumpelstiltskin.

But first,

Settle down,

Close your eyes,

And take a deep breath in through your nose,

Out through your mouth,

And relax your body.

And let your mind draw pictures of this story as I read you these words.

Rumpelstiltskin There was once a miller who was very poor,

But he had a very beautiful daughter.

Now it happened one day that he had the occasion to speak with the king,

And in order to give himself an air of importance,

The miller said,

I have a daughter who can spin gold out of straw.

So the king said to the miller,

That is an art in which I am much interested.

If your daughter is as skillful as you say she is,

Bring her to my castle tomorrow and I will put her to the test.

The next day when the girl was brought to the castle,

The king took her to a chamber that was quite full of straw and gave her a spinning wheel.

Now set to work he said,

And if between night and tomorrow at dawn you have not spun this straw into gold,

You must die.

Then the king carefully locked the door of the chamber and she remained alone.

There sat the unfortunate miller's daughter,

And for the life of her she did not know what to do.

She had not the least idea how to spin straw into gold,

And she became more and more distressed until at last she began to cry.

All at once the door sprang open and in stepped a little man who said,

Good evening,

Mistress miller,

What are you weeping so for?

Lass answered the maiden,

I've got to spin gold out of straw and I don't know how to do it.

Then the little man said,

What will you give me if I spin it for you?

My necklace,

Said the maiden.

The little man agreed,

He sat down at the spinning wheel and whirr,

Whirr,

Whirr.

In an instant the reel was full.

Then he put on another reel and whirr,

Whirr,

Whirr.

Three times around and that too was full.

And so he went on until morning when all the straw was spun and all the reels full of gold.

With that the little man took the necklace and disappeared.

Immediately at sunrise the king came to the chamber and when he saw the piles of glittering gold he was surprised and much pleased.

But the sight made him even more greedy,

So he had his guards take the miller's daughter to another chamber,

Much larger than the first one and also full of straw.

And he again ordered her to spin all the straw into gold in one night if she valued her life.

The maiden was at her wits end and she began to weep.

Once again the door sprang open and the little man appeared.

What will you give me if I spin the straw into gold for you?

He asked.

The ring off my finger,

Answered the maiden.

The little man took the ring,

Began to whirr again at the wheel and had by morning spun all the straw into gold.

The king was delighted at the sight of the piles of gold but was still not satisfied.

He had the miller's daughter taken to an even larger chamber full of straw and said,

Tonight you must spin all this into gold and if you succeed you shall become my queen.

Even if she is only a miller's daughter,

He thought,

I won't find a richer woman in the whole world.

When the young girl was alone,

The little man came to her again and said for the third time,

What will you give me if I spin the straw for you this time?

I have nothing more than I can give,

Answered the maiden.

Well,

Promise me your first child if you become queen.

Who knows what may happen,

Thought the miller's daughter.

She didn't know what else to do so she promised the little man what he asked and again he spun the straw into gold.

The king arrived in the morning and found everything done as he had wished.

He soon kept his promise and married the miller's daughter and she became queen.

When one year had passed,

A beautiful child was born to the queen,

But by that time she had forgotten all about the little man.

One day,

However,

He suddenly entered the queen's chamber and said,

Now you must give me what you have promised.

The queen was terrified and she offered the little man all the wealth of the kingdom if he would let her keep her child.

No,

He said,

I would rather have some living thing than all the treasure in the world.

Then the queen began to moan and weep so much that the little man's heart softened and he felt sorry for her.

I will give you three days,

He said,

And if within that time you discover my name,

You may keep the child.

During the night,

The queen tried to remember all the names that she had ever heard and she sent a messenger all over the country to ask far and wide what other names there were.

When the little man came the next day,

She began with Casper,

Melchior,

Bowser,

And mentioned all the names she knew,

One after the other.

But at every one,

The little man said,

Nope,

That's not my name.

On the second day,

She asked all around the neighborhood for the names of people living there and then suggested to the little man all the most unusual and strange names.

Perhaps your name is cow ribs,

Spindle shanks,

Or lace legs.

But he answered every time,

Nope,

That's not my name.

On the third day,

The queen's messenger returned to the castle.

I haven't been able to find any new names,

He said,

But as I came around the corner of a wood on a lofty mountain where the fox says good night to the hare,

I saw a little house and in front of that house a fire was burning and around the fire an indescribably ridiculous little man was leaping and hopping on one leg and singing,

Today I bake,

Tomorrow I brew my beer,

The next day I will bring the queen's child here.

How lucky it is that not a soul does know,

That Rumplestiltskin is my name ho ho.

Now as you can imagine how delighted the queen was when she heard the name and when soon afterward the little man came in and asked,

Now your majesty,

What is my name?

At first she asked,

Is your name Koonz?

No.

Is it Heinz?

No.

Is it by chance Rumplestiltskin?

The devil told you that,

The devil told you that shrieked the little man in a rage.

He stamped his right foot into the ground so deep that he sank up to his waist.

Then he jumped up and flew out of the window riding on a cooking spoon.

The end.

Okay my darling,

It's time to go to sleep.

Remember you are so very loved.

Your heart is good and I'm glad you are here.

Sleep tight.

May your dreams be full of love and light.

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Reviews

I love you and I listen to your bedtime stories bc their amazing but please make more free ones bc I’ve listened to every single one (that’s free) at least 5-8 times 🫣

Listened to it so many rimes on my g mad account love the story so much keep doing what u do 😊 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😊 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😊 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😊 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😊 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😊 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😊 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😊 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😊 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😊 😃 love tyreese

⭐️ thank you for the wonderful story. My granddaughter (5years) and I listened as a wake- up story! 🙏💜💓

Oh yes, of course I’ll let some weirdo man take my
Child 👍👁️👁️

I loved it but skipped the music because I couldn’t sleep so I’m sorry

Very soothing. My 6 y/o daughter loves your voice and story. We love the positive blessings for sweet dreams at the end.

I love it story Jessica❤️ hope u can make more bedtime stories for kids

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Love this story!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sanket’s daughter Ruhani

A wonderful story my son and I have loved listening to for years.

Amazing job! Good background music for this story! My little sister LOVED it! Ps. I’m Dom, Yana’s daughter. 👌🏽👌🏽👍🏽👍🏽🙏🙏🙏 Edit: yana is my mother

~i love it I’ve never really heard the story before~

Awesome I love your playlist 🙂
I never learned how to ride a cooking spoon… I will see if I can take lessons.

Hi this is Beata’s daughter Layla. This one of my very favorite meditations ever!!!

I loved the concept of this story. And the ending, how rumpelstiltskin flew out of the window on a cooking spoon. 5/5 stars

Your voice is really soft and nice, I loved the story it was great! Thank you 💕

It was funny at the end when he (Rumpelstitskin)went On a cooking spoon

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