Once upon a time, two German brothers published a collection of children's stories inspired by popular European folk tales. The stories of the Brothers Grimm became fairytale classics, and many of them -- Cinderella, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty -- are read by children to this day.
Among them was the story of a goose girl. She didn't start out tending geese. In fact, she was born a crown princess, with the remarkable gift of being able to speak to horses and birds, even command the wind. One day the princess was sent to be married in a far-off kingdom, but en route, her longtime maid-in-waiting conspired against her. The princess fled for her life, while the treacherous maid stole her loyal horse and rode off to marry the prince, pretending to be her mistress.
The real princess was forced to find work as a goose girl, biding her time till she could make her true identity known to the prince.