Love is
strong;
it only cares of joyful giving
Five stories to make this a better place
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1 Dreams or despair – the
choice is ours: A Little Princess,
by Frances H. Burnett
Young Sara Crewe is sent to a small
boarding-school in London. Since her father is very rich, she has everything
she could possibly wish for – and more. And the school´s principal, Mrs.
Minchin, makes sure that Sara´s every wish is immediately complied with. But
Mrs. Minchin doesn´t like Sara at all. And Sara – very wise and mature for her
age – is very well aware of that.
Sara´s closest friends become
the stupid Ermengarde, little cry-baby Lotty and the kitchen-maid Becky, but
apart from a few jealous ones, Sara is liked by everyone, because she is always
friendly, and most importantly: she possesses the gift of story-telling! The
other children love to hear her stories, and they even start calling her
Princess Sara, since one of her friends let slip that Sara likes to pretend
that she´s a princess who has to take care of her people.
Apart from Mrs. Minchin´s phoney
love for her, Sara´s life is pretty much a feast. But then the unthinkable
happens: her father dies from a tropical fever in combination with financial
worries over his investment in his friend´s diamond mine, and he leaves Sara as
a pennyless orphan...
Mrs. Minchin is about to turn
her out in the streets, but her lawyer points 
out that such action would be bad publicity
for her school. So Sara stays as an extra kitchen-maid, to run errands in all
weather. Instead of her own luxurious apartment, she has to sleep in the bare
attic, sharing the room with a family of rats, and most of the time she is half
starving for some vague sort of punishment.
Sara sees it as a real test: will
she be able to be friendly and generous like a princess even in such horrible
circumstances? Will she still be able and willing to help those who are worse
off? Cut off from most of her friends, her fantasy is all that stands between
survival and despair. But will fantasy alone be enough to save her? Or... is
there perhaps some kind of magic to help those who try to help others, no
matter how bad their own situation is...?
Best
quote: "Everything is a story – you
are a story, I am a story."
From wealthy princess to pauper
princess – how will that affect one´s personality? A choice between love and
hatred, between dreams and despair, may influence the lives of many people
around. The choice is ours. Every day of our lives.
A Little Princess was originally
published in 1905, and has been translated into many languages.
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The
other four stories the whole world should read:
Then why do we
keep strangling life?
In my heart, I feel you are all my brothers
We could really get there, if you cared enough for the
living
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