She gave her a box to be opened in her worst need, turned the tower in a stair for her escape, and made her promise to never tell who had freed her.
She found the prince, and they concluded that she had to hide, which would cause his parents to free him, and send him a message of her refuge.
They let her stay with them, and one bore her message to the court, that the prince could hunt a white doe with silver hooves in their forest.
They met there, and went to the sea, where they found a marvelous ship awaiting them, with white cats as the sailors.
But the kingdom was attacked and defeated, and the prince taken prisoner, whereupon he was put in a boat and lost consciousness.
When he regained consciousness, he found himself in a ship that sailed by itself, back to his parents' kingdom, where he learned they had died of grief, and he was now king.
[6] Scholarship points out that Starlight, or Étoilette, is an adaptation of mediaeval French chantefable Aucassin and Nicolette.