Once there was a poor millar and his beautiful daughter Meiko. He was so desperate for money that he boasted that Meiko could spin straw into gold. However King Kaito overheard this and took Meiko to his castle. She was then taken to a room with heaps of straw, a spinning wheel and a spindle. "You are to turn all this straw into emas oleh morning atau your head shall roll." Once he had left she sat down and weeped. "How am i to spin straw into emas if i don't know how?" She thought about her sword, but then realized the guards took it earlier that hari to prevent escaping. Then suddenly a little...
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