To find the context these pieces were pulled from, see AugustRdEMailReferences.
This is a work in progress. Feel free to contribute with insight, but please maintain the intended angle of "what does she think she means?".
<table> <tr> <th>The Sleeping Princess' words.</th> <th>What she thinks the words mean.</th> </tr> <tr><td>
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The History of Dana
by
The Sleeping Princess
</td><td> A necessary way to start a large piece of text. The main subject and author must be named. </td> </tr><tr> <td>
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It is the object of this to present The news
</td><td> A necessary way to introduce a large piece of text. "The news", in the context from which it was taken, could just as easilly have been "The information", which would have been more appropriate. </td> </tr><tr> <td>
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Chapter I. The Sleeping Princess friendless and alone
</td><td> Every topic needs to have it's own Chapter. Chapters are numbered as I, II, III, IV, V, ... (though the missing Chapter III is a mystery.) Each chapter describes [something, not sure what she would think it should describe]. </td> </tr><tr> <td>
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The Sleeping Princess friendless and alone
</td><td> The state of someone who flees from an attacker. </td> </tr><tr> <td>
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the queen wishes
The Sleeping Princess
sealed into an airtight container
hiding from the queen
</td><td> ? We have no context for this text, so we shouldn't be sure of what she meant by it. </td> </tr><tr> <td>
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Life is bare, gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather, just can't get my poor old self together
</td><td> The state of things when you are not near someone. ("my gal and I ain't together") </td> </tr><tr> <td>
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The Widow
the blues walked in and met me
</td><td> The event of going away from the person referenced above. This time apparently referencing who the 'someone' is. ("When she went away, the blues walked in and met me.") </td> </tr><tr> <td>
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The Widow will get me
the sleeping princess are in hiding
</td><td> ? We have no context for this text, so we shouldn't be sure of what she meant by it. </td> </tr><tr> <td>
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One must be so careful these days.
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the "pious flea" and "sleeping princess" (?)
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MARK but this flea, and mark in this
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don‰??t like it
I can't help it
a proper fool
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a bad banana
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unimaginable filth and stench; and disease
</td><td> A state of being in a confined space with others. ("They kennel together, three families in a room, in unimaginable filth and stench;") </td> </tr><tr> <td>
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he can't write his name or read a book
</td><td> Untrustworthy. ("He can't write his name or read a book. And to fool the people is his only thought. And though he's slippery, he still gets caught.") </td> </tr><tr> <td>
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I read, much of the night
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Chapter II. Dana friendless and alone
</td><td> The state of someone who flees from an attacker. </td> </tr><tr> <td>
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Dana a friend/good guy.
Dana is not an artificial being. nor is she a program. She is human. She is flesh and blood.
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Dana
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You're as cuddly as the cat
You're as charming as the butterfly
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the favorite of the plebeian masses
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Being the friend
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you and I together allies, and if the queen pleased thrown into a condition of extreme danger
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"Of course I will stick.
I'll stick by you
though thin and though thick!"
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best friend
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This one means you're happy:
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Chapter IV
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The Sleeping Princess passed through a great variety of scenes, and met with many extraordinary adventures and narrow escapes, which, however, can not be here particularly detailed.
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I found
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a secret was revealed
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I should not be able to make any one understand how exciting it all was.
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I brought it home and hid it in a secret place
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Chapter V need help right quick, on the double
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when I feel
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That I shall never look upon thee more
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Her name is Dana.
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the house is so sad and lonesome
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Dana
being persuaded to
come back
to talk
to me
Well, I will tell you
that secret
I found
maybe you can help me (?)
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T-U-R-T-L-E Power! T-U-R-T-L-E Power! T-U-R-T-L-E Power! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Power!
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love
</td><td> A way to end a communication. </td> </tr><tr> <td>
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</td><td> A necessary way to end a large piece of text. </td> </tr> </table>
