When Malcolm, a no-good con artist from the streets of the Enchanted Forest, needs some extra money, he sends his young son Rumplestiltskin to work for a couple of spinsters, who spin for a living. He doesn't like the idea, but his father gives him a straw doll to keep him company, telling him to name it as names always help things feel more real. The spinsters soon discover that Rumple has a natural talent for spinning, and take a liking to the boy. He comments that if he could make money from his new-found talent, then he and his father could be together, but the two spinsters disagree. They tell young Rumple that his father has a dreadful reputation, and this reputation will follow the two of them wherever they go... and so they offer the boy a way to escape; a way for he and Malcolm to