She had a carriage made for herself, and took advantage of a distraction to escape, but the horses bolted past her power to control and she was thrown and injured.
She invited the queen to her home, a frightful cave peopled with ravens and owls, having a lake with monsters, but with little and poor food.
The lion fairy wondered who helped her and demanded a bouquet of rare flowers; the frog asked a friendly bat to gather them.
The princess was born, and the queen persuaded the lion fairy, who would gladly have eaten her, to let her raise the child.
It took her seven years, in which time the lion fairy took the queen and princess hunting, which lessened her cruelty, because they were able to bring her quarry.
The frog arrived in time to find the king remarrying, but the letter she carried convinced him that the queen was alive.
The tale was one of many from d'Aulnoy's pen to be adapted to the stage by James Planché, as part of his Fairy Extravaganza.
[8] In another English translation, erroneously attributed to Charles Perrault, the tale was titled The Friendly Frog.