ALittlePrincess小公主

发布时间：2023-10-15 22:16:07

ALittlePrincess小公主Thenextmorning,whenshewentdowntobreakfastshesawthatherseatatMissMinchin’ssidewasoccupiedbyLavinia,andMissMinchinspoketohercoldly.“Youwillbeginyournewduties,Sara,”shesaid,“bytakingyourseatwiththeyoungerchildrenatasmallertable.Youmustkeepthemquiet,andseethattheybehavewellanddonotwastetheirfood.”Thatwasthebeginning,andfromdaytodaythedutiesgiventoherwereaddedto.ShetaughttheyoungerchildrenFrenchandheardtheirotherlessons,andtheseweretheleastofherlabors.Itwasfoundthatshecouldbemadeuseofinnumberlessdirections.Shecouldbesentonerrands2atanytimeandinallweathers.Shecouldbetoldtodothingsotherpeopleforgot.ThecookandthehousemaidstooktheirtonefromMissMinchin,andenjoyedorderingheraboutasshehadbeentreatedassomeonespecialbefore.Theywerenotservantsofthebestclass,andhadneithergoodmannersnorgoodtempers,anditwasconvenient3toblamesomeoneelseifsomethingwentwrong.Duringthefirstmonthortwo,Sarathoughtthatherwillingnesstodothingsaswellasshecouldandaccepttheblameforthingswhichweren’therfaultwouldchangetheharsh4waytheotherstreatedher.Inherproudlittleheartshewantedthemtoseethatshewastryingtoearnherlivingandnotacceptingcharity5.Butthetimecamewhenshesawthatnoonewassoftenedatall;andthemorewilling
shewastodoasshewastold,themoretheypushedher,andthemorereadyascoldingcookwastoblameher.Ifshehadbeenolder,MissMinchinwouldhavegivenherthebiggergirlstoteachandsavedmoneybydismissingateacher;butwhilesheremainedandlookedlikeachild,shecouldbemademoreusefulasareliableerrandgirlandmuliti-skilledmaid.Anordinaryerrandboywouldnothavebeensocleverandreliable.Saracouldbetrustedwithdifficultcommissions6andmessages.Shecouldevengoandpaybills,andcleanaroomwellandtosetthingsinorder.Herownlessonsbecamethingsofthepast.Shewastaughtnothing,andonlyafterlongandbusydaysspentinrunninghereandthereateverybody’sorderswasshegrudginglyallowedtogointothedesertedschoolroom,withapileofoldbooks,andstudyaloneatnight.“IfIdonotremindmyselfofthethingsIhavelearned,perhapsImayforgetthem,”shesaidtoherself.“Iamalmostascullery7maid,andifIamascullerymaidwhoknowsnothing,IshallbelikepoorBecky.”Oneofthemostcuriousthingsinhernewlifewasherchangedpositionamongthepupils.Insteadofbeingasortofsmallroyalpersonage8amongthem,shenolongerseemedtobeoneoftheirnumbersatall.Shewaskeptsoconstantlyatworkthatshescarcelyeverhadanopportunityofspeakingtoanyofthem,andshecouldnotavoidseeingthatMissMinchinpreferredthatsheshouldnotbeincontactwiththestudents.

ALittlePrincess小公主

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