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The Little Princess

Chapter 01 Sara the Jittle Princess It was a dark winter day in London. A cab was going through the thick fog. There was a seven-year-old girl in the cab with her father. Sara and Captain Crewe had just finished their long trip from India. “ Here we are. Let's get out of the cab, Sara, said Captain Crewe. They went up the stairs and rang the bell.

Sara and Captain Crewe went into the drawing room. When they took a seat, a tall lady came in. “ Im Miss Minchin. You're Captain Crewe and this is Sara?" she said. “ Yes. I have heard a lot about your school, ” said Captain Crewe. Miss Minchin knew that he was very rich. “ It will be a great honor to teach such a beautiful child, " she said. “ Please take good care of her, ” said Captain Crewe. Captain Crewe held Sara in his arms and kissed her. “ Goodbye, my princess, ” said Captain Crewe. “ Goodbye, Papa, said Sara.

“ Young ladies” Miss Minchin said. “ I will introduce a new pupil to you. " All the girls in the classroom looked at Sara. Miss Minchin said, “ This is Miss Crewe. She has just come from faraway India. " The girls and Sara bowed to each other and sat down. Sara noticed somebody looking at her. It was a short fat girl about her age. After class Sara came to her. “ What is your name?" Sara asked. “ Oh, my name is Ermengarde St. John, ” she answered. She was happy because Sara talked to her first. After that, Sara and Ermengarde became good friends.

One morning Sara heard an angry cry of a little girl. “ Oh, Lottie, stop, please! ” Miss Amelia, Miss Minchin's sister, was trying to stop her crying. But Lottie cried even more loudly. Sara came near them and said quietly, “ Miss Amelia, may I try to make her stop crying?” “ Oh, Sara, can you?" Miss Amelia said and went out of the room. Sara and Lottie looked at each other without a word. “ I don't have any ma-ma-a! ” the child cried out first. “ Neither do I” said Sara. Lottie, a four-year-old child, stopped crying and asked, “ Where is she?" “ She went to heaven. That is where your mama is too, ” Sara answered. From that time Sara was like a mother to Lottie. On that afternoon, when Sara went into her room, she saw a girl asleep near the fire. She was Becky, a kitchen maid at the school. She was always hungry and dirty But Sara liked Becky and they became good friends.

Sara got a letter from her father. He was going to make diamond mines with his friend. Everyone at the school talked about the news. “ I don't believe in her father's diamond mines, " said Lavinia. “ You hate her, Lavinia's friend, Jessie, giggled. “ She thinks she is a princess. Let's call her 'Princess Sara, ” Lavinia said. The two girls began to call Sara“ Princess Sara” . However, Sara's friends were very pleased with the title.