莎拉是个聪明的小姑娘，从小没有妈妈，与派驻印度的军官爸爸相依为命。爸爸为了让心爱的女儿受到良好教育，花重金把她送回英国的贵族学校，成了一位人人羡慕的小公主。可没过多久，爸爸因投资失败，忧虑而死，莎拉一夜间由小公主变成了贫穷的小孤女。

她将如何面对残酷的人生变故，如何面对周围的冷眼，又如何历经种种魔人，用内心的高贵感染小伙伴，成为心灵的小公主？所有这一切，小说里都有生动的描写。

伯内特是美国小说家，她的儿童文学作品一直为读者喜爱，其中著名的有《小公主》、《秘密花园》和《小爵爷》。

　　拉尔夫·克鲁和他的小女儿萨拉一起生活在印度。他是个有钱人，于是当他把萨拉带到伦敦明钦小姐的学校时，明钦小姐非常高兴。她喜欢父亲有钱的女孩子，这样对她的学校有好处。克鲁先生非常爱萨拉，给她买了许多漂亮的衣服、书还有洋娃娃。明钦小姐笑了，可她对她的姐姐说：“萨拉看起来就像个小公主一样，不像学生！”克鲁先生回印度继续工作去了，而萨拉也开始了她新的学校生活。她是个善良、和气的女孩子，每个人都很喜欢她，很快她就交了很多朋友。
　　可要知道，当你富有时，每个人都是你的朋友。萨拉11岁生日那天，从印度传来了可怕的消息。可怜的萨拉非常伤心，而她也很快地知道了谁才是她真正的朋友。

1 School in England
1．英国的学校
2 The diamond mines
2．钻石矿
3 The new servant-girl
3．新女佣
4 Ram Dass and the monkey
4．拉姆·达斯和猴子
5 The magic
5．奇迹
6 Lost and found
6．失而复得
ACTIVITIES

One cold winter day a little girl and her father arrived in London．Sara Crewe was seven years old，and she had long black hair and green eyes．She sat in the cab next to her father and looked out of the window at the tall houses and the dark sky.
　　'What are you thinking about，Sara？' Mr Crewe asked．'You are very quiet.' He put his arm round his daughter.
　　'I'm thinking about our house in India，' said Sara．'And the hot sun and the blue sky．I don't think I like England very much，Father.'
　　'Yes，it's very different from India，' her father said．'But you must go to school in London，and I must go back to India and work.'
　　'Yes，Father，I know，' said Sara．'But I want to be with you．Please come to school with me！I can help you with your lessons.'
　　Mr Crewe smiled，but he was not happy．He loved his little Sara very much，and he did not want to be without her．Sara's mother was dead，and Sara was his only child．Father and daughter were very good friends.
　　Soon they arrived at Miss Minchin's School for Girls and went into the big house.
　　Miss Minchin was a tall woman in a black dress．She looked at Sara，and then gave a very big smile.