Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4050367-20140717023819/@comment-226878-20140721203349

Rumplestiltzkin is very skilled in twisting words. One could say he knew that Cora did not consider Zelena to be her firstborn or, in a simpler way, he knew she could not offer him what she did not have. Cora had already given up Zelena so how could Rumple expect Zelena in trade? Why wouldn't he go to the Woodcutter's wife to make the deal? Of course, this vague wording probably helped Cora to get out of her deal with him and it certainly didn't help that he had begun to act with his stumbling heart rather than his meticulous mind.