Mad Penguin: Open Source: Spinning Straw Into Gold

"You remember the guy. He's the original loan shark. The town's miller is suffering from a mid-life crisis, lies to the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold, the king gets greedy, throws the daughter into lock-up giving 24 hours to work her magic or it's curtains for our heroine.

"Poof. Enter the Nasty R. Before there were police scanners, bail bondsmen, or Danny DeVito, there was Rumpelstiltskin, hunkered down over his magic crystal, looking for pigeons in need of a short term, high interest loan. In desperation, under increasing demands from the king for more gold, Nasty R squeezes our heroine into agreeing to give him her first-born for more gold..."

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