My servant has stolen my identity and she has warned me that she will kill me if I tell the truth. I am trying to stay hidden, but my hair is very thick and golden, and I just can’t keep it under my hat! The wind knows it, too. Even Conrad, the goose boy, knows that I am not who I appear to be.

Who can I tell?

I’ve lost my power, my mother’s blood, and even my beloved horse has been killed. He hasn’t stopped speaking to me, but now everything he says is an admonishment.

The Goose Girl in The Goose Girl, Grimms. Illustration by Helen Stratton.