“" " The ring on my finger," answered the girl. The little man took the ring, again began to turn the wheel, and by morning had spun all the straw into glittering gold. The King rejoiced beyond measure at the sight, but still he had not gold enough ; and be had the miller's daughter taken into a still larger room full of straw, and said, " You must spin this, too, in the course of this night ; but if you succeed, you shall be my wife.”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 55 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan