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peterdawes — A Deal With a Dwarf
Published: 2008-10-19 00:52:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 937; Favourites: 9; Downloads: 7
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say my name, just once will be fine,but say it quickly, lest your time be through.
your firstborn child will be mine.
gold all around us, it shimmers and shines.
straw once filled the dungeon you landed into.
say my name, just once will be fine.
one thread and another became intertwined.
the weaving pile mounted; my demands did, too.
your firstborn child will be mine.
from peasant to princess, a girl so refined.
do not think that i forgot about you.
say my name, just once will be fine.
your name to the contract, i bade you to sign.
time to pay up; yes, your debt has come due.
your firstborn child will be mine.
you have one night to think, i return at this time.
an impossible escape clause, it will allude you.
say my name, just once will be fine,
your firstborn child will be mine.
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Comments: 33
this sounded so familiar when i was reading it. i was racking my brain trying to figure out why. and then i read your comment.
how could i not have caught that?!
i remember watching that movie when i was little. i kept yelling at the tv because i didn't know they couldn't hear me. XDDD
i kept saying "they're gonna get choo!! 
i was cute when i was little. i wonder what happened.
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i used to be cute as well. but then i started to grow taller, got a bit gangly, and thought girls were attractive. after that, i just became a devil. *winks*
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*chuckles*
well, peter, when you go from cute to handsome... i really don't think that there's all too much to complain about.
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Rumpleskiltstskin!
... no wait I spelt that wrong?
anyway this is amazing, i really liked it, especially since this is one of my favorite fairytales
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best of luck to you as well. i read your entry and it is remarkable.
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Thanks so much, Peter. Villanelles are funny. When I write them, I either love or hate the way they turn out. There never seems to be any in-between.
Good luck to us both!
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i am much the same way. i already feel a trifle self-conscious because rhyming is not my strong suit and, heaven help me, when i do try it, it winds up reading in a sing-songy manner. so my villanelles often suffer this dreadful fate.
i still enjoy them a great deal. have no idea why.
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That sounds exactly like me! I find myself trying to come up with starting couplets then they descend into cheesiness. Yet, I find myself looking for a new couplet. I think the darned things are addictive...
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they are like solving a riddle or fiddling with a puzzle, i suppose. a challenge, so we continue coming back for more.
either that, or we are closet masochists.
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You're welcome. 
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thank you very kindly, nico.
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I love it! I loved that story when I was a child, haven't thought about it for a long time. But isn't he a goblin? Or am I just imagining that.
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i thought i saw him listed as a dwarf, but i could be wrong. hmm... shall have to double check that.
thank you!
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hehe... it's really good. realized almost right away who it was
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ah good, i am glad he is transparent from the text. 
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that is adorable!! i actually love the story of rumpelstiltskin. (whoa, that took a minute to spell...)
very cute. and you should definitely write a sonnet someday soon!
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perhaps when the right idea comes to mind. the last time i attempted one, it frustrated me into surrender.
thank you, dear.
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hahah, frustration to the pint of surrender is what happens when i try to write poetry... and lyrics. i'm really terrible at writing lyrics. music i can handle. too bad they dont have a place for music on dA.
true, i suppose with both situations, you have to wait for the right idea or situation. emotion helps write everything!
good luck
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thank you.
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Rumpelstiltskin is actually one of my favorite fairytales... along with Cinderella of course
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for some reason he started to speak when i considered a fairy tale villain.
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that is awesome...lol...I've never thought of the fairy tale from his pov, except that he was eventually beat because the woman cheated.
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women are tricky, are they not?
thank you, dear.
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