The Story

Summary of the Original

As I mentioned before, my narrative will be based off of The Goose Girl. The story starts off with a princess being sent away to another kingdom to marry a prince. Along the way, the princess loses her amulet and her waiting maid tricks her into switching clothing with her. When they arrive at the kingdom, the prince assumes the waiting maid (dressed in the princess's clothing) to be the princess. The true princess is given a job tending the geese. She tries to hide her identity, but one day, the boy who tends to the geese alongside her notices her beautiful golden hair. He tries to get a better look before she ties it up, but the princess speaks to the wind and has the wind carry the boy's hat away so that he goes chasing after it instead. She does this every day until one day, the boy mentions her hair and her ability to control the wind to the king. Eventually her true identity as the princess is revealed and the waiting maid receives death as her punishment.

My Changes

In my interpretation of the story, I would like to incorporate a backstory and motivation for the waiting maid. Although not explicitly stated, it seems like the waiting maid has the power to make people do her bidding, much like the princess has control over the wind. In my take of the story, the waiting maid was also a princess once upon a time. When she was young, a much larger and more powerful kingdom found out about her powers and was frightened by them. They tried to get the king and queen to hand over their daughter, but they refused, so the larger kingdom invaded and detained everyone they could. The soon-to-be waiting maid's kingdom was small and peaceful, so they couldn't put up any resistance. All they could do was send their princess off through a secret tunnel leading out of the castle and hope she wouldn't be found. Meanwhile, one of the princes of the larger kingdom takes over her castle. This is the same prince that the other princess is supposed to marry years later.