"Hey, have you heard? Today's brides are very old. ”

A gossip voice said, and he was wearing a fairy beauty, holding a large rose in his hand, and was shuttling between the tables of the banquet.

"How old can you be? 40 years old? The guy next to him asked about the job at hand, which made him bored to death, and he obviously wanted to know something interesting.

"I'm almost 50 years old!" The man added.

"The Little Princess" is a Cinderella-like child, written in the 19th century. The little protagonist, Sarah Crewe, an English girl, died just after her mother was born, and her father, Captain Crewe, was very wealthy in India. She had previously lived in India, and when she was seven years old, she was sent back to London by her father to live in a girls' aristocratic school run by Ms. Mingqing. When she first entered school, she was treated like a little princess. Sara is especially fond of fantasy. But then, on her birthday, the bad news came that Sarah's father had gone bankrupt and died.

Seven-year-old Sara Crewe is a little girl like no other. Her mother died when she gave birth to her. She lived in India with her father, Captain Ralph Crewe, until she was six years old, and returned to England at the age of seven. Sarah has a lot of money, and Captain Cloo is willing to spend as much as she wants, and often jokingly calls her "little princess". But Sarah never gets complacent because of this. She likes to read, and she also likes to make up and tell stories by herself, and often pretends to be a princess, hoping that she must learn from the princess's demeanor. When they arrived at the school, the principal, Maria Minchin, complimented Sarah as usual when she saw the father and daughter. At Sarah's request, her father also joins her at the toy store to "meet" Emily, the doll.

Girls' school

Sarah's school is a girls' boarding school. She was the richest student in the whole school, owning two rooms alone. Because Sarah liked French very much, Captain Clur hired a French maid Mariette for her. Sarah is quite polite even to the maid, and she treats Emily the doll as if she were her own sister, so Mariette likes her too.

Before the first day of French class, Sarah's dress and demeanor had already caused a commotion. Lavinia Herbert, who was the richest woman in the school before Sarah enrolled, felt that her position was not in good shape, and criticized the children in front of her best friend Jessie for not wearing such expensive clothes. The headmaster thinks Sarah can't speak French, so he gives Sarah a French pamphlet for her to prepare; But in fact, Sarah's mother is French, and Captain Cloo likes her mother's language and has often spoken to Sarah in French since she was a child, so Sarah's French is already quite fluent. Sarah tried to explain to the principal three times and twice, but was interrupted by the principal. The principal told the French teacher that Sarah had never studied French, but Sarah told the teacher in French that she already knew what was in the booklet. The teacher was happy because Sarah's French was simply as good as the French. However, this incident hurt the headmaster's self-esteem, because she herself did not know French, and she often regretted it.

Sarah's classmate, Ermengarde St. John, was the worst student in the class and was often ridiculed by her classmates, especially Lavinia and Jessie. Sarah noticed this on the first day and took the initiative to chat with her after class and take her back to her room as a guest. Sarah was so confident in her story that she decided to make up the textbook into a story to help Amengard learn and tutor her in French. Sarah thinks it's like a princess benefiting the people.

Lottie Legh, the youngest student at school, is a spoiled child without a mother, crying and fussing whenever she doesn't like it, and the principal and sister Miss Amelia take advantage of her. Only Sarah can distract her from crying in her imagination of heaven. Sarah also agreed to be Lottie's mom at school.

Lottie Legh, the youngest student at school, is a spoiled child without a mother, crying and fussing whenever she doesn't like it, and the principal and sister Miss Amelia take advantage of her. Only Sarah can distract her from crying in her imagination of heaven. Sarah also agreed to be Lottie's mom at school.

Diamond mines

When she was nine years old, Becky, the school's new maid, was attracted to Sarah's story while cleaning, and was scolded by Lavinia, who immediately helped her speak. One day Sarah found Betty dozing off in her room, and knowing that she was tired, she didn't call her, and waited quietly for Betty to get up. When Becky opened her eyes and found herself asleep in Miss's room, she apologized to Sarah, who comforted her by inviting her to eat cake, chatting with her, and promising Becky to tell her the story of that day when she came to clean the room in the future.

In the same year, Captain Cloo followed his friend's advice and started a diamond mine, and the news soon spread throughout the school. In addition, Sarah's fondness for imitating princesses is discovered by Lavinia and Jessie. Once Lottie cries again, and Lavinia says she wants to slap her, Sarah comes forward, and Lavinia calls Sarah "Her Royal Highness" in public. From then on, both her jealous and adoring classmates called her "Princess Sara".

The first time the diamond mine went well, but the second time changed Sarah's fate. On the eve of Sarah's eleventh birthday, Captain Cloo wrote to Sarah that she had ordered a doll for her in Paris, which Sarah called "The Last Doll" because she thought she was too young to play with dolls. The principal threw a big birthday party for her, and everyone wanted to see the "last doll". Sarah also pleads with the principal to let Becky stay and look at the dolls. Lavinia asks Sarah if she can still maintain her princess demeanor if she becomes a beggar, to which Sarah replies, "I believe so." While everyone is having fun, Mr. Barlow, Captain Cloo's lawyer, brings bad news.

The principal does not allow Sarah to have any further contact with the other students, and many of her former classmates who had been close to Sarah are gradually alienating her, so Sarah decides to avoid the opportunity to talk to Yamengard. But Amengard, who had just returned home from school and did not fully understand what had happened to Sarah, thought that Sarah did not want to be friends with her anymore, and was so sad that he secretly went to the attic one night to beg Sarah to be reconciled with her. Sarah told Armengard about her condition, and not only did the two continue to be friends, but Armengard often secretly took books to the attic to show Sarah. While chatting with Yamengard, Sarah remembered an imagination that she hadn't used since the change. She imagined the cold attic as Bassier's prison, where she and Betsy were prisoners, and the headmaster was the jailer.

The younger Lottie also didn't understand why Sarah stopped studying after her birthday and wore black to teach the lower grades. She had heard some rumors about Sarah's misfortune, and tried to ask Sarah during class, but she never got an answer. One day she heard that Sarah lived in the attic and snuck up as well. Sarah tells Lottie that she wishes someone would move to the empty house across the street.

The visit of Armengard and Lottie is a great comfort to Sarah, but they are afraid that the headmaster will cause her more trouble if they find out, so they do not dare to come to Sarah often. The only people Sarah usually confides in in the attic are Emily and Melchisedec, the mouse. Despite all the hardships of life, Sarah insists on studying to be a princess, so she is polite to the cook, the maid, and the headmaster.