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1、MEGCABOTPARTYPrincessTHEPRINCESSDIARIES,VOLUMEVIIFormyniece,RileySuehamCabot,anotherprincessintraining“Thespiritandwillofanychildwouldhavebeenentirelyhumbledandbrokenbythechangesshehashadtosubmitto.But,uponmyword,sheseemsaslittlesubduedasif—asifshewereaprincess.”ALITTLEPRINCESSFrancesHodgsonBurnettC
2、ONTENTSEPIGRAPHBEGINREADINGACKNOWLEDGMENTSABOUTTHEAUTHOROTHERBOOKSBYMEGCABOTCREDITSCOPYRIGHTABOUTTHEPUBLISHERFromthedeskofHerRoyalHighnessPrincessAmeliaMignonetteGrimaldiThermopolisRenaldoDearDr.CarlJung,Irealizethatyouwillneverreadthisletter,primarilybecauseyouaredead.ButIfeelcompelledtowriteitanyw
3、ay,becauseafewmonthsagoduringaparticularlytryingperiodinmylife,anursetoldmeIneededtobemoreverbalaboutmyfeelings.Iknowwritingalettertoadeadpersonisn’texactlybeingverbal,butmysituationissuchthatthereareveryfewpeopleIcanactuallytalktoaboutmyproblems.Mostlybecausethosepeoplearetheonescausingmyproblems.T
4、hetruthis,Dr.Jung,Ihavebeenstrivingforfifteenandthree-quartersyearsforself-actualization.Yourememberself-actualization,right?Imean,youshould—youinventedit.Thethingis,everytimeIthinkIhaveself-actualizationonthehorizon,somethingcomesalongtomessitallup.Likethiswholeprincessthing.Imean,justwhenIthoughtI
5、couldn’tpossiblybecomeabiggerfreak,POW!ItturnsoutthatI’malsoaprincess.WhichIrealizedoesnotseemlikeanactualproblemtomanypeople.ButI’dbeveryinterestedtoseehowTHEYwouldreactifeverysinglesparemomentofTHEIRliveswastakenupbylessonsinbeingaroyalfromtheirtattooed-eyeliddedgrandmother;gettingstalkedbythepapa
6、razzi;orattendingboringstatefunctionswithpeoplewhohaveneverevenheardofTheOC,letaloneknowwhat’sgoingonwithSethandSummer’son-again-off-againromance.Buttheprincessthingisn’ttheonlythingthat’sputawedgebetweenmeandmyquestforself-actualization.Beingthesolesanecaretakerofmybabybrother—whoappearstohavegrave
7、developmentalproblemsbecauseattenmonthshestillcannotwalkwithoutholdingontosomeone’s(usuallymy)fingers(whileitistruethathehasshownmarkedlyadvancedverbalskillsforhisage,knowingtwowords,“tuck”—truck—and“