She plays in the meadow, the only place safe to cry about her mother's death. He finds her there, the wide-eyed boy, thrown by his horse, lost in the woods. 

She guides him home, in the process finding the road out of her grief—and a friend. 

But then she discovers his true identity. And everything changes. 

A hopeful fairy tale retelling for people who still believe in the transformative power of love.

1100 words / fairy tale retelling