Eliza was a young princess with eleven brothers. One day their mother died. The king married again a year later. The new queen was a wicked witch. She hated Eliza, and sent her to live on a farm. She also put a spell on Eliza's brothers. She wanted them to be ugly birds, but they were too good to be ugly. They became beautiful swans. (from Andersen's The Wild Swan retold by Janice Tibbetts)