Finding a way out and how to stay out

This part of the story is about finding, making and using tools. Once the tools are available and in use, the hero can survive her future.

The princess picked up the silver spoon and began to dig. She dug a stairway all along the edge of the hole. Step by step she dug out ledges and little outcroppings and shelves until she was most of the way up and out of the hole. Then she found herself surrounded by her shredded dresses hanging from the roots of the hearth. When she looked through the mirror at the threads of her shredded dresses, she saw the truth of what they could become.

She began to weave the cloth. It was hung to the walls of the hole all the around in a circle. She wove a garment hooded and flowing. It sparkled with the gold and silver thread. The princess wove protection into the weave and weft of this cape. The cape became a shield against all encroaching deceptions. The princess learned to block unhealthy attacks using the cape. Of course she first had to learn, as we all do, how to block unhealthy attacks from her own mind. This learning made the cape stronger and more protective.

When the princess finally got to the top of hole and back into the kingdom, she was able to use the mirror and see people for what they truly were no matter what kind of spell they had cast. She used her cape to fend off unhealthy attacks. The prince found his wife and the princess found her children, and they were able to be a family again.

Some tools come from friends and mentors and some come from the strengths of the past and some need to be created in the present moment in order to fill a persons protective needs.