The characters are all there, Rumpelstiltskin, the Miller and his daughter and the greedy king, but the story itself turns the Grimm Brothers wicked little Rumpelstiltskin, into a caring young boy who is eager to learn who he really is and help those around him.
Shurtliff’s tale of Rump isn’t exactly like the Grimm Brothers famous tale of Rumpelstiltskin. He must find his true name, but he must also find his true self, if his luck is going to change. Unfortunately for Rump, luck isn’t always good luck. However when Rump discovers an old spinning wheel in the pile of firewood outside his house, and what he can do with that spinning wheel, he believes his luck is about to change. He isn’t very good at mining and there isn’t much gold left in the mountain anyway, but the greedy king wants more and starts cutting the rations of food sent up to The Mountain, until more gold is found. 10 That’s not all that is troubling young Rump though. It always tickled my brain like a feather, but my true name, if I really had one, never surfaced all the way.” Rump pg. Rump … Rumpus, Rumpalini, Rumpalicious, Rumperdink, Rumpty-dumpty. Sometimes I could still hear that whisper in my ear. “Sometimes I thought if I just focused hard enough, I could remember the name my mother had whispered to me before she died. His father died before he was born and his mother died just after he was born, before she could tell anyone, expect her infant son, what his full, true name was. Twelve year old Rump lives on The Mountain with his Gran, where he works mining gold for the king. The worst part.” Rump pg.1 Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin Really, my mother had another name for me, a wonderful name, but no one ever heard it. At least I don’t think it’s true, and neither does Gran. It’s the favorite village joke, and probably the only one, but it’s not really true. “My mother named me after a cow’s rear end.
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