Princess and Prince Mouseskin - Amanda Cervantes p.4

 The king had banished the youngest princess and sent for the servant to take her away, once in the forest the servant who was devoted to the princess could not bring himself to do her any harm, the princess asked for a mouse skin, he went and fetched one for her and also one for himself, he decided he would go with her wherever she went for he had been hiding a deep secret his whole life and could not bear live in the castle with it. The princess mouse skin reluctantly agreed, they decided to leave their old clothes scattered about the forest to give the impression that they had perished or been eaten by the forest. They traveled together for some time until they reached a nearby kingdom, princess mouse skin disguised herself as a man and so they entered as meager peasants, they were soon employed by the king with the princess becoming the kings most  personal servant. Every moment he could the princess' loyal servant tried to work up the courage to tell her the secret he hid, until one day after the king had begun to grow suspicious of her, he decided to tell her, he was actually her brother, raised as a servant because he was born  a bastard. She was astounded at hearing this news but couldn't be any happier. A few days later she revealed her true identity to the king and became his wife under the condition that her brother be accepted as a nobleman of the kingdom. Some time passed and they held a dinner in which  mouse skin's father attended, here after so many years, the old king could not believe he was faced to face with the daughter he had banished long ago, he was confronted by both the princess and the bastard son, the king acknowledged his faults and asked for forgiveness, the two forgave him and they were happy. 

  After the old king died, the prince mouse skin was given his share of the kingdom along with the other two sisters, and princess mouse skin ruled her kingdom, they ruled their lands happily and in harmony.