"The Goose Girl" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and first published in Grimms Fairy Tales in 1815. The story follows a princess who is promised in marriage to a prince who lives far away. On her journey to meet him, her chambermaid forces her to switch places and takes her royal clothes and place at the bridegrooms side. The princess is made to work as a goose-girl, and her only friend is her horse, Falada, with whom she can speak psychically. The story involves a series of events that lead to the revelation of the true brides identity and the punishment of the false bride.

The Goose Girl has been adapted into various forms of media, including novels, poetry, comic books, and audio books. Shannon Hales debut novel, "The Goose Girl," is a fantasy novel based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same title, published by Bloomsbury in 2003). The story has also been adapted into a bedtime story for kids in English, which can be found on YouTube.