She wanted to please the Little Colonel, but it seemed impossible to her to give Hero a part without spoiling the entertainment.
"Maybe some of the books in the ship's library might help you," said Mr.
Sherman, who had been an amused listener.

"I'll look over some of them for you." Later in the day he came up to Betty where she stood leaning against the deck railing.

He laid a book upon it, open at a picture of seven white swans, "Do you remember this ?" he asked.

"The seven brothers who were changed to swans, and the good sister who wove a coat for each one out of flax she spun from the churchyard nettles?
The magic coats gave them back their human forms.

Maybe you can use the same idea, and have your prince changed into a dog for awhile." "Oh, thank you!" she cried.