The ogre set out to search, but her fairy godmother had led her to a boat in which she escaped to another kingdom.
The king of that kingdom found her (in her form as a she-bear) while hunting and her gentle behavior persuaded him to take her captive rather than kill her.
Her fairy godmother, in the form of a fish, bade her wait, and at midnight, turned her back into a princess.
In the kingdom, he disguised himself and offered to give golden distaffs and silver spindles to the nurses and governesses of the young princes if he could spend a night in the babies' chamber.
[7] She also remarked that the title harks back to Perrault's Peau d'Âne and the monstrous lovers of Madame d'Aulnoy's fairy tales.
[10] This is also found in Giambattista Basile's The She-Bear, a narrative this French fairy tale "plays upon".
[11] The heroine's story of being found in the woods by the hero while living like a wild thing is common to many more tales, such as The Bear, Allerleirauh, The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress, and Mary's Child.
The slandered mother also appears in many tales, such as Mary's Child, The Twelve Wild Ducks, The Lassie and Her Godmother, and The Six Swans.