So one morning Dotterine , who had had neither supper nor breakfast , and was feeling very hungry , let her wing fly away . She was so weak and miserable , that directly her godmother appeared she burst into tears , and could not speak for some time . ` Do not cry so , dear child , ' said the godmother . ' I will carry you away from all this , but the others I must leave to take their chance . ' Then , bidding Dotterine follow her , she passed through the gates of the town , and through the army outside , and nobody stopped them , or seemed to see them . The next day the town surrendered , and the king and all his courtiers were taken prisoners , but in the confusion his son managed to make his escape . The queen had already met her death from a spear carelessly thrown . As soon as Dotterine and her godmother were clear of the enemy , Dotterine took off her own clothes , and put on those of a peasant , and in order to disguise her better her godmother changed her face completely . ` When better times come , ' her protectress said cheerfully , ` and you want to look like yourself again , you have only to whisper the words I have taught you into the basket , and say you would like to have your own face once more , and it will be all right in a moment . But you will have to endure a little longer yet . ' Then , warning her once more to take care of the basket , the lady bade the girl farewell . For many days Dotterine wandered from one place to another without finding shelter , and though the food which she got from the basket prevented her from starving , she was glad enough to take service in a peasant 's house till brighter days dawned . At first the work she had to do seemed very difficult , but either she was wonderfully quick in learning , or else the basket may have secretly helped her . Anyhow at the end of three days she could do everything as well as if she had cleaned pots and swept rooms all her life . One morning Dotterine was busy scouring a wooden tub , when a noble lady happened to pass through the village . The girl 's bright face as she stood in the front of the door with her tub attracted the lady , and she stopped and called the girl to come and speak to her . ` Would you not like to come and enter my service ? ' she asked . ` Very much , ' replied Dotterine , ` if my present mistress will allow me . ' ` Oh , I will settle that , ' answered the lady ; and so she did , and the same day they set out for the lady 's house , Dotterine sitting beside the coachman .
Six months went by , and then came the joyful news that the king 's son had collected an army and had defeated the usurper who had taken his father 's place , but at the same moment Dotterine learned that the old king had died XXXXX captivity .
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