The Rumpelstiltskin Problem Quotes

“Once upon a time, before pizzerias or Taco Bells, there was a troll named Rumpelstiltskin who began to wonder what a human baby would taste like.”
― Vivian Vande Velde, The Rumpelstiltskin Problem

“And it was Rumpelstiltskin who chose the name for Della's baby girl. He called her Abigail, which means "a father's joy.”
― Vivian Vande Velde, The Rumpelstiltskin Problem: Six Funny, Scary, and Magical Retellings for Kids

“Some things are just straw, and some things are gold, and sometimes you just have to know which is which.”
― Vivian Vande Velde, The Rumpelstiltskin Problem: Six Funny, Scary, and Magical Retellings for Kids

“Once upon a time, in the days before Social Security or insurance companies, there lived a miller and his daughter, Della, who were fairly well-off and reasonably happy until the day their mill burned down.”
― Vivian Vande Velde, The Rumpelstiltskin Problem: Six Funny, Scary, and Magical Retellings for Kids

“Some people," Rumpelstiltskin told the cats, "just aren't happy unless they aren't happy.”
― Vivian Vande Velde, The Rumpelstiltskin Problem: Six Funny, Scary, and Magical Retellings for Kids

“But even as he put his scaly arms out to take the baby, another scaly arm pulled back one of the tapestries, and out stepped—of all trolls—his own brother.”
― Vivian Vande Velde, The Rumpelstiltskin Problem: Six Funny, Scary, and Magical Retellings for Kids

“Why he wants this child he never says, and she never asks. Obviously the miller's daughter is no more a responsible parent than her father is, for she agrees to the bargain.”
― Vivian Vande Velde, The Rumpelstiltskin Problem: Six Funny, Scary, and Magical Retellings for Kids

“Still, along comes a little man who, by happy coincidence, knows how to do what everyone wants.”
― Vivian Vande Velde, The Rumpelstiltskin Problem: Six Funny, Scary, and Magical Retellings for Kids