A reading frenzy at the lake with my Mom while
vacationing! Finished another kid’s
favorite book, A Little Princess by
Frances Hodgson Burnett. Well, if you
have read one princess book, i.e. Cinderella, you probably have read them
all. OK, I’m not a huge princess story
fan. The story here, a young girl (Sara)
is born into a rich household, mother dies while she is young, Dad brings her
to a boarding home while dad travels.
While away, he loses his fortune, dies and word comes back to the
boarding home. The owner, who has
fronted the bills, realizes that there is no money coming back to her, so she
treats Sara worse than hired help.
Making her live in the attic, doing chores, not feeding her, you get the
picture. The problem with this story is
the extraordinary measures that brings Sara back to fortune. I won’t ruin it for you, but it isn’t the
best rags to riches story out there, for sure.
Go watch Cinderella, a better story.
And yeah, all bad keepers of the young princess are pretty much all the
same. Off to read another book….
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