Summarizing Rumpelstiltskin

In fifth grade this week, we practiced the Somebody / Wanted / But / So / Then method of summarizing a story. Here is what the students came up with for Rumplestiltskin (note: the afterword gave an alternate fate for R.; students picked the one they liked better).

• The girl's father wanted to please the king, so he said that his daughter knew how to spin gold, but she really didn't. So when the girl was crying, then a little man came to spin all the gold and wanted to have her baby. Then she found out the man's name and kept her baby.
  
  
• The poor miller wanted his daughter to have a good life, but the king made her spin straw into gold. So she sat and cried in the room. Then Rumpelstiltskin came in and helper her spin the straw to gold for her necklace.
  
  
• The king wanted gold, but the girl could not spin gold. So she began to weep and Rumpelstiltskin came. Then the girl told R. his name, and he ripped himself in half.
  
  
• The king wanted gold, but the girl didn't know how to make gold. So Rumpelstiltskin helped her. Then the queen had to guess the small guy's name, and she got it right and didn't have to give him her baby.
  
  
• Rumpelstiltskin wanted the queen's child because she owed him for the favors he did for her. But the queen had guessed his name correct[ly], so R. was surprised and angry. Then he hopped on his spoon and left the queen alone.
  
  
• Rumpelstiltskin wanted the baby, but the queen knew his name, so he stomped his feet and then ripped himself in half.
  
  
• Rumpelstiltskin wanted the queen's child but she did not want to give up her child. So R. gave her three nights to guess his name and keep the baby. Then R. flung himself on a spoon.
  
  
• Rumpelstiltskin wanted the girl's child, but she cried so harshly, so he let her guess his name. Then she guessed his name and kept her child.