A Little Princess



“I do like you,” Sara answered. “I thought—you see, everything is different now. I thought you—were different.

Ermengarde opened her wet eyes wide.

“Why, it was you who were different!” she cried. “You didn’t want to talk to me. I didn’t know what to do. It was you who were different after I came back.”

Sara thought a moment. She saw she had made a mistake.

“I AM different,” she explained, “though not in the way


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“I do like you,” Sara answered. “I thought—you see, everything is different now. I thought you—were different.

Ermengarde opened her wet eyes wide.

“Why, it was you who were different!” she cried. “You didn’t want to talk to me. I didn’t know what to do. It was you who were different after I came back.”

Sara thought a moment. She saw she had made a mistake.

“I AM different,” she explained, “though not in the way


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