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Thank you so much[br]for your patience.[br]

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I have an announcement[br]to make.[br]

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-My granddaughter--

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-She's here![br]

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I wouId Iike to announce that[br]my granddaughter has arrived.[br]

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With a fascinating expIanation[br]as to her wardrobe, I'm sure.[br]

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She's styIing a wet,[br]sort of grunge-Iook hairdo...[br]

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and is wearing a sweatshirt,[br]jeans, and Docs.[br]

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Mia, wouId you care[br]to say a few words?[br]

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Um, yes.

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Why didn't we dress Iike her?[br]We Iook Iike idiots.[br]

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Thank you, Your Majesty.

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Do you think they're trying[br]to save money on the gown?[br]

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Hello,I'm Mia.

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It stopped raining.

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Get your tiara ready.

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I'm reaIIy no good[br]at speechmaking.[br]

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NormaIIy I get so nervous[br]that I faint...[br]

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or run away or sometimes[br]I even get sick.[br]

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But you reaIIy[br]didn't need to know that.[br]

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But I'm not so afraid[br]anymore.[br]

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My father heIped me.

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EarIier this evening,I had every intention of[br]giving up my cIaimto the throne.[br][br]

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and my mother heIped me[br]by teIIing me that it was OK.[br]

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and by supporting me Iike[br]she has for my entire Iife.[br]

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But...

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then I wondered how I'd feeI...

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after abdicating my roIe[br]as Princess of Genovia.[br]

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WouId I feeI reIieved[br]or wouId I feeI sad?[br]

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And then I reaIized...

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how many stupid times a day[br]I use the word ''I.''[br]

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ln fact,[br]probably all l ever do...[br]

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is think about myseIf.

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And how Iame is that...

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when there are biIIion[br]other peopIe on the pIanet[br]

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But then l thought...[br]

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if I cared about[br]the other biIIion out there...[br][br]

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instead of just me...

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that's probabIy[br]a much better use of my time.[br]

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See, if l were[br]Princess of Genovia...[br]

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then my thoughts...

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and the thoughts of peopIe[br]smarter than me...[br]

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would be much better heard[br]and just maybe...[br]

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those thoughts couId be[br]turned into actions.[br]

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So this morning[br]when I woke up...[br]

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I was Mia ThermopoIis.

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But now...

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I choose to be forevermore...

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AmeIia Mignonette[br]ThermopoIis RenaIdi...[br]

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Princess of Genovia.[br]

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I hope you didn't order[br]your stationery yet.[br]

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This was my very first tiara.

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I was rather fond of it.[br]

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I'm hoping you wiII be, too.

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Oh. Grandma,[br]but you had it aIready.[br]

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How did you know[br]I'd even be here?[br]

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Because I recognize[br]the same spirit in you...[br]

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as someone eIse I know.

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Who?

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Me.

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Ah-, you made it.

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You bet your Iife,[br]you big, taII string bean.[br]

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Here. PaoIo here[br]to save the day.[br]

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Genovia[br]

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The land l call my home

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Genovia, Genovia

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Forever will your banner wave

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Her Majesty,[br]Queen Clarisse...[br]

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and Her RoyaI Highness,[br]AmeIia, Princess of Genovia.[br]

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I think perhaps we'd better[br]get you dried off now.[br]

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No Ionger does Mia stand for[br]''Missing In Action.''[br]

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Genovia has a new princess.

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They had the same idea I had...[br]

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but now the garden[br]is ''occupado.''[br]

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Why me?

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Because you saw me[br]when I was invisibIe.[br]

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[br]And just because I'm royaI...

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doesn't mean[br]I'm any different.[br]

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I'm reaIIy the same person.[br]

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Yes, I wiII have[br]to Iive in Genovia a bit [br]

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but I'II stiII go[br]to schooI and...[br]

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[br]