線上閱讀討論-芭比之真假公主Barbie Princess And Pauper-01

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1-Long ago, and far away,
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in a village high on a mountaintop,
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something amazing was occurring.
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At the very same moment, two identical baby girls were born.
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One, a baby Princess. The King and Queen were overjoyed.
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Princess Anneliese would have only the finest.
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The second baby girl was named Erika.
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Her parents loved her every bit as much as the King and Queen loved the Princess.
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But they worried. They were so poor.
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How would they be able to care for their little daughter?
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Many years passed.
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The Princess learned her royal duties,
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while Erika worked long and hard as a seamstress for the spiteful Madame Carp.
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With lives so different, it wasn’t surprising that the Princess
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and the Pauper never met.
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But fate decreed they would.
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It all started at the Royal Mine.
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When the miners informed the Queen the gold had run out.
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The widowed Queen was shocked.
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The Kingdom was no bankrupt. How was she going to take care of her people?
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If only she could call on her trusted advisor Preminger,
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But he was away on a long journey.
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She needed to do something quickly to save the Kingdom.
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But what?
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And then it struck her.
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Nearby lived a rich young King who was seeking a wife.
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Oh. We’re late, late, late. We have 20 maximum 22 minutes for your royal fitting.
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Then it’s move, move, move. Your speech at the Historical Society.
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After that we have the rush. And I mean rush
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to the Horicortural Society Tea.
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And then there’s your math lessons, your geography lessons, your science…
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All my life I’ve always wanted to have one day just for me.
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Nothing to do and for once nowhere I need to be.
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With no lessons, Lords, or lunches, Or ‘to do’ list in the way,
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No one to say when to eat or read or leave or stay
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That would be the day
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All my life I’ve always wanted To have one day for myself
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Not waking up with a pile of work on every shelf.
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With no hems in need of pressing, and no sleeves in disarray,
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No wedding gown with a thousand stitches to crochet
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And no debt to pay.
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Madame Carp!
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What do you think I’m running here? A cabaret?
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I would’ve said a debtor’s prison.
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Keep laughing. You’ll be working for me for another 37 years.
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But I’ve already paid off more than half.
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But there’s interest isn’t there?
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Your parents should’ve thought of that before they borrowed so much.
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– They did it to feed me! – Their mistake.
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– What would it be like to be… – What would it be like to be…
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– Free. – Free.
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Free to try crazy things
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Free from endless IOU’s
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– Free to find – Free to see
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And marry whom I choose.
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I’m so sorry, my darling,
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but as you know, it is vital you marry King Dominick.
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It is the only way to take care of our people.
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I know. It’s my duty.
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Oh, and look!
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Another engagement gift.
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You would think that I’m so lucky that I have so many things
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I’m realizing that every present comes with strings.
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Though I know I have so little, my determination’s strong.
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People will gather around the world to hear my song.
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Can I come along?
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– Now I fear I’ll never be
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– Soon I will forever be
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– Free! – Free!
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If I close my eyes I’d feel myself fly up a thousand miles away
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I could take flight but would it be right?
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My conscious tells me stay.
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– I’ll remain forever royal
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– I’ll repay my parent’s debt
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Duty means doing the things your heart they well regret
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But I’ll never stop believing
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She can never stop my schemes
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There’s more to living than gloves and gowns and threads and seams
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In my dreams
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I’ll be free!
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Ok, what idiot put this in here?
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Oh, that would be me.
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Let us review, shall we? We are stealing gold!
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– Is this shiny? – No.
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– Valuable? – No.
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– Gonna make the boss happy? – No.
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Focus, Nick. That’s what you need. That and
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a break.
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Shh!
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Why, hello.
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Master Preminger, you’re back… here… early.
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Hope you had a nice journey.
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Here you are, sir. The last of the gold from the Royal Mine.
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– There’s nothing left. – Yeah, ‘cos it’s all yours!
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Yes, it is, very much mine.
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Finally!
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I’ve been bowing, I’ve been scraping, I’ve been lying like a rug
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And for 10 long years I’ve had to pay my dues.
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But today I am escaping, for the last hole has been dug
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It was waiting there, so how could I refuse?
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I’m returning home a hero who’s discovered mighty wealth
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and what better husband could a Princess choose?
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I’m the suitor who will suit her, bring the Kingdom back to health,
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and I’ll wear the crown, for how could I refuse?
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Raise every glass and rouse every cheer!
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Praise that the reign of Preminger is here!
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Master in charge of all that I see
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All hail me!
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And by marrying the Princess I get all that I desire,
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Like a moat, an ermine coat and palace views
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Even though she treats me coldly, it’s a sign of inner fire
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For inside she’s thinking, “How can I refuse?”
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Right, except for this one little problem, Boss.
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– That’s Prince Boss to you! – Right, and
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The Queen decided to marry her off to the King of Dulcenia next week.
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What?!
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Making a decision without me? Who does she think she is?
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Uh, the Queen?
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– You simpering simpleton! – Well, she is the Queen!
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She’s got a crown, a scepter, and sits in her great big fancy chair…
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– and those… – Silencio!
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No! I won’t let go!
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This peasant’s son won’t turn and run because the reckless royal chose another beau!