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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, |
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two identical baby girls were born. |
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one,a baby princess. |
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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, |
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it wasn't surprising that the princess 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 now bankrupt. |
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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. |