The story describes how a woman of mysterious powers pays visits to two very different young girls: one a princess, the other a shepherd s daughter. It has been regarded as ahead of its time in its approach to parenting. Rosamond was spoiled. Her parents, the king and queen, let her have whatever she wants. But now they don't know what to do with her, she's so hard to deal with. Thank Heaven for the Wise Woman What does the Wise Woman do? Why she kidnaps her, that's what She kidnaps Rosamund beneath her immense cloak and takes her to a very strange cottage in the middle of nowhere. This cottage is bigger inside than outside, and here the Wise Woman tries to teach the girl that she is not the center of the universe. Through a picture, Rosamond enters another world and changes places with another spoiled child, Agnes, daughter of a shepherd. Can either be saved from herself? Find out in this marvelous fantasy fable by a Master "