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In order to appear superior, a miller brags to the king and people of his kingdom by claiming his daughter can spin straw into gold. [note 1] The king calls for the girl, locks her up in a tower room filled with straw and a spinning wheel, and demands she spin the straw into gold by morning or he will have her killed.
The 1968 novel The Goblin Reservation by Clifford D. Simak features an intelligent alien race that uses biological wheels. [32] Kurt Vonnegut's 1973 novel Breakfast of Champions includes a brief description of fictional author Kilgore Trout's novel Plague on Wheels, which features a planet inhabited by sentient wheeled automobiles.
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When the accused is inevitably found guilty, Vic spins the Wheel of Justice - after combing its hair - and the audience sing "Spin, spin, spin the Wheel of Justice, see how fast the bastard turns". An equally ludicrous punishment is then handed down (e.g. "One year being adored by the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar"). For one memorable week ...
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This is a list of characters from Disney/Pixar's Toy Story franchise which consists of the animated feature films Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3 and Toy Story 4, and Lightyear. This list also includes characters from the Toy Story Toons series and the television specials Toy Story of Terror! and Toy Story That Time Forgot.
The Wheel Spins (a.k.a. The Lady Vanishes) is a 1936 mystery novel by British writer Ethel Lina White. [1] Plot.