The tale is about a high-minded princess who rejected all her suitors. She had a shoe made from fattened fleas’ coat and she announced that she get marred to the man who finds out what is her shoe made from. A prince disguised as a beggar learned the secret with a little trick and the girl got married to him willy-nilly. Afterwards he gave her a lecture as he made her work like a poor woman, brought her low so the girl was cured of her stoutness for ever.