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A Little Princess Sara Episode 46 released!

The Indian gentleman smiled involuntarily at this, and Sara smiled a little, too, remembering what she had said to herself when she put the buns down on the ravenous child's ragged lap.

"She looked so hungry," she said. "She was even hungrier than I was."

"She was starving," said the woman. "Many's the time she's told me of it since--how she sat there in the wet, and felt as if a wolf was a-tearing at her poor young insides."

"Oh, have you seen her since then?" exclaimed Sara. "Do you know where she is?"

"Yes, I do," answered the woman, smiling more good-naturedly than ever. "Why, she's in that there back room, miss, an' has been for a month; an' a decent, well-meanin' girl she's goin' to turn out, an' such a help to me in the shop an' in the kitchen as you'd scarce believe, knowin' how she's lived."

She stepped to the door of the little back parlor and spoke; and the next minute a girl came out and followed her behind the counter. And actually it was the beggar-child, clean and neatly clothed, and looking as if she had not been hungry for a long time. She looked shy, but she had a nice face, now that she was no longer a savage, and the wild look had gone from her eyes. She knew Sara in an instant, and stood and looked at her as if she could never look enough.

- A Little Princess, chapter 19

In the last chapter of the novel, you will recall that Sara returns to the bakery where she gave most of her bread to that beggar girl in the street.  This episode is where this happens.

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This concludes our work on A Little Princess Sara.  We hope that you enjoyed this series as much as we had working on it.

I would like to personally make a few concluding remarks. 

I have been in the fansubbing scene for a pretty long time, and I personally have worked on many series.  This is probably the most difficult project that I have ever been involved with.  It is also probably one of the most emotionally charged and moving stories that I have ever had the pleasure to work on. 

I would also like to say that completing this series is a huge milestone for Licca Fansubs.  With the release of this last episode, Licca Fansubs joins a very short list of English fansubbers that has been able to complete a World Masterpiece Theater series.  We hope that we can continue our work and make sure that these wonderful stories become known to the anime community at large.

In addition, I would like to say that without the support of everyone, we would have never even heard of the series, let alone be able to work on it.  I personally would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart that you have given us the honor of working on probably one of the crown jewels of anime.

A Little Princess Sara Episode 45 released!

Miss Minchin entered the room with a sternly dignified manner. She was correctly and well dressed, and rigidly polite.

"I am sorry to disturb Mr. Carrisford," she said; "but I have explanations to make. I am Miss Minchin, the proprietress of the Young Ladies' Seminary next door."

The Indian gentleman looked at her for a moment in silent scrutiny. He was a man who had naturally a rather hot temper, and he did not wish it to get too much the better of him.

"So you are Miss Minchin?" he said.

"I am, sir."

"In that case," the Indian gentleman replied, "you have arrived at the right time. My solicitor, Mr. Carmichael, was just on the point of going to see you."

Mr. Carmichael bowed slightly, and Miss Minchin looked from him to Mr. Carrisford in amazement.

- A Little Princess, chapter 18

 

Due to Lavinia's telling Miss Minchin where Sara went to, Miss Minchin flies in a rage and runs to get Sara back.  Little does she know that the cards were stacked against her for a while now...

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As a FYI

Since episodes 45 and 46 of A Little Princess Sara go together, we will be releasing them at the same time when they are both ready for release.

A Little Princess Sara Episode 44 released!

"What was your father's name?" the Indian gentleman said. "Tell me."

"His name was Ralph Crewe," Sara answered, feeling startled. "Captain Crewe. He died in India."

The haggard face contracted, and Ram Dass sprang to his master's side.

"Carmichael," the invalid gasped, "it is the child—the child!"

- A Little Princess, chapter 17

"It is the child!"

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A Little Princess Sara Episode 43 released!

Miss Minchin was quite agitated. This was an incident which suggested strange things to her sordid mind. Could it be that she had made a mistake, after all, and that the neglected child had some powerful though eccentric friend in the background--perhaps some previously unknown relation, who had suddenly traced her whereabouts, and chose to provide for her in this mysterious and fantastic way? Relations were sometimes very odd--particularly rich old bachelor uncles, who did not care for having children near them. A man of that sort might prefer to overlook his young relation's welfare at a distance. Such a person, however, would be sure to be crotchety and hot-tempered enough to be easily offended. It would not be very pleasant if there were such a one, and he should learn all the truth about the thin, shabby clothes, the scant food, and the hard work. She felt very queer indeed, and very uncertain, and she gave a side glance at Sara.

- A Little Princess, chapter 16

While Sara was away, a wonderful parcel was left for her by the "magician".  What this parcel will do for Sara is something wonderful, and will cause considerable consternation for certain other people...

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Incidentally, the preview containing an advertisement for the 1986 World Masterpiece Theater series, "The Story of Pollyanna - Girl of Love", is supposed to be in there.  The older WMT series had the next series in line in the previews of the current series near the end of the year when it was aired.

A Little Princess Sara Episode 42 released!

This episode is the aftermath of episode 41.  The reason why you see Sara outside the seminary with Emily and the picture of her parents is made quite obvious in this episode.

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This is probably the last of the really difficult episodes to work with; the rest of the episodes should be relatively smooth sailing.

A Little Princess Sara Episode 41 released!

This episode is also not in the novel.  We have a Halloween party where things actually go pretty well until Lottie drops her jack-o-lantern in the stable....

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A Little Princess Sara Episode 40 released!

This episode has no equivalent in the novel, and what Amelia says and does here in this episode will affect the ending in a way that is different from the novel.  Without spoiling too much, she tells Sara about her and Miss Minchin's past, and what she will say will surprise you.

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We should also be resuming our regular release schedule, more or less from here on out.

A Little Princess Sara Episode 39 released!

"There is something very disagreeable in seeing that sort of thing in a child of her age," said Miss Minchin, with haughty vagueness.

"What--sort of thing?" Miss Amelia ventured.

"It might almost be called defiance," answered Miss Minchin, feeling annoyed because she knew the thing she resented was nothing like defiance, and she did not know what other unpleasant term to use. "The spirit and will of any other child would have been entirely humbled and broken by--by the changes she has had to submit to. But, upon my word, she seems as little subdued as if--as if she were a princess."

"Do you remember," put in the unwise Miss Amelia, "what she said to you that day in the schoolroom about what you would do if you found out that she was--"

"No, I don't," said Miss Minchin. "Don't talk nonsense." But she remembered very clearly indeed.

- A Little Princess, chapter 16

This episode is part of a series of episodes that deviates from the novel for a bit.  What is most important about this episode is this scene here, where Ermengarde confronts Lavinia about why she treats Sara the way she does.  The answer, while not surprising, is also rather symbolic of the series as a whole and finally rounds out Lavinia's character.  It also shows how Ermengarde has changed since the beginning of the series; doing what she did would have been unimaginable in the beginning.

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A Little Princess Sara Episode 38 released!

"You do not look as if you realize that you are in disgrace," she said. "Are you absolutely hardened?"

The truth is that when one is still a child—or even if one is grown up—and has been well fed, and has slept long and softly and warm; when one has gone to sleep in the midst of a fairy story, and has wakened to find it real, one cannot be unhappy or even look as if one were; and one could not, if one tried, keep a glow of joy out of one's eyes. Miss Minchin was almost struck dumb by the look of Sara's eyes when she made her perfectly respectful answer.

"I beg your pardon, Miss Minchin," she said; "I know that I am in disgrace."

- A Little Princess, chapter 16

Remember when we previously mentioned the anime does "the Magic" with a twist?  This is the episode when the twist happens.

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A Little Princess Sara Episode 37 released!

"It was there when I wakened, miss—the blanket," she whispered excitedly. "It was as real as it was last night."

"So was mine," said Sara. "It is all there now—all of it. While I was dressing I ate some of the cold things we left." 

- A Little Princess, chapter 16

In this episode, Becky and Sara wake up to see the feast still there.  With some help, Peter finds a way to sneak into the seminary as a chimney sweep to find Sara, with rather unpredictable results.

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A Little Princess Sara Episode 36 released!

She sat up, resting on her elbow, and her breathing came short and fast.

"It does not—melt away," she panted. "Oh, I never had such a dream before." She scarcely dared to stir; but at last she pushed the bedclothes aside, and put her feet on the floor with a rapturous smile.

"I am dreaming—I am getting out of bed," she heard her own voice say; and then, as she stood up in the midst of it all, turning slowly from side to side—"I am dreaming it stays—real! I'm dreaming it FEELS real. It's bewitched—or I'm bewitched. I only THINK I see it all." Her words began to hurry themselves. "If I can only keep on thinking it," she cried, "I don't care! I don't care!"

She stood panting a moment longer, and then cried out again.

"Oh, it isn't true!" she said. "It CAN'T be true! But oh, how true it seems!"

The blazing fire drew her to it, and she knelt down and held out her hands close to it—so close that the heat made her start back.

"A fire I only dreamed wouldn't be HOT," she cried.

She sprang up, touched the table, the dishes, the rug; she went to the bed and touched the blankets. She took up the soft wadded dressing-gown, and suddenly clutched it to her breast and held it to her cheek.

"It's warm. It's soft!" she almost sobbed. "It's real. It must be!" 

- A Little Princess, chapter 15

 

This episode is the first in a series of episodes involving "the Magic".  No further words are necessary to describe this.

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A Little Princess Sara Episode 35 released!

But though she tried to satisfy herself with these arguments, she did not find it easy. When, after a long, hard day, in which she had been sent here and there, sometimes on long errands through wind and cold and rain, she came in wet and hungry, and was sent out again because nobody chose to remember that she was only a child, and that her slim legs might be tired and her small body might be chilled; when she had been given only harsh words and cold, slighting looks for thanks; when the cook had been vulgar and insolent; when Miss Minchin had been in her worst mood, and when she had seen the girls sneering among themselves at her shabbiness—then she was not always able to comfort her sore, proud, desolate heart with fancies when Emily merely sat upright in her old chair and stared.

- A Little Princess, chapter 10

 

In this episode, we explore the question of the inherent strength of Becky and Ermengarde when Sara is bedridden with an unknown illness.  With friends like them, Sara does have angels watching over her.

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A Little Princess Sara Episode 34 released!

"I can't bear this," said the poor child, trembling. "I know I shall die. I'm cold; I'm wet; I'm starving to death. I've walked a thousand miles today, and they have done nothing but scold me from morning until night. And because I could not find that last thing the cook sent me for, they would not give me any supper. Some men laughed at me because my old shoes made me slip down in the mud. I'm covered with mud now. And they laughed. Do you hear?"

- A Little Princess, chapter 10

In this episode, Lavinia's newest dress has been ruined due to unfortunate circumstances.  As usual, she blames Sara.  To attempt to rectify the situation, Sara has to go out in the storm....

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This marks the 3/4 point of the series.  There are 12 episodes left.  Here's what to expect for the last set of episodes:

1.  If you remember from the novel, there is a chapter entitled "The Magic".  This is coming up in episode 36.  However, the anime series takes this and puts a rather interesting twist to it.

2.  Sara's determination to stay in the seminary will waver as things about to get even worse for her.

3.  Thank goodness Mr. Carrisford and Ram Dass are next door....

A Little Princess Sara Episode 33 released!

"What are you laughing at, you bold, impudent child?" Miss Minchin exclaimed.

It took Sara a few seconds to control herself sufficiently to remember that she was a princess. Her cheeks were red and smarting from the blows she had received.

"I was thinking," she answered.

"Beg my pardon immediately," said Miss Minchin.

Sara hesitated a second before she replied.

"I will beg your pardon for laughing, if it was rude," she said then; "but I won't beg your pardon for thinking."

- A Little Princess, chapter 11

 

In this episode, everyone is back from summer vacation, and Sara is already in trouble.

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For those of you watching this episode, I would like to ask an open question: Did Becky really use Lavinia's chalkboard, or was Becky telling a lie?  Please give your answer and explain why in the comments.

A Little Princess Sara Episode 32 released!

"Why was I not man enough to stand my ground when things looked black?" Carrisford groaned in petulant misery. "I believe I should have stood my ground if I had not been responsible for other people's money as well as my own. Poor Crewe had put into the scheme every penny that he owned. He trusted me—he LOVED me. And he died thinking I had ruined him—I—Tom Carrisford, who played cricket at Eton with him. What a villain he must have thought me!"

"Don't reproach yourself so bitterly."

"I don't reproach myself because the speculation threatened to fail—I reproach myself for losing my courage. I ran away like a swindler and a thief, because I could not face my best friend and tell him I had ruined him and his child." 

- A Little Princess, chapter 12

In this episode, Carrisford tells Carmichael how the diamond mines that he invested in with Ralph Crewe resulted in his current state today.  In addition, he says he has to find Ralph's "Little Missus", but unfortunately, he does not remember her name...

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A Little Princess Sara Episode 28v2 released!

It apparently seems episode 28 is an anathema to us.

We have released a v2 of episode 28 of A Little Princess Sara to address some glaring translation issues that slipped through our checks.

A Little Princess Sara Episode 31 released!

Ram Dass slipped through his attic window and crossed to hers as steadily and lightly as if he had walked on roofs all his life.  He slipped through the skylight and dropped upon his feet without a sound.

- A Little Princess, chapter 11

In this episode, Sara and Becky meet Ram Dass and the monkey Surya in person.  However, it does involve quite a bit of chasing, taunting, tricks, and going up the chimney.  This made for quite an adventure for everyone involved.

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