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Vinnie and Mikhail rode down the streets of St. Petersburg.

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The buildings were grand but old, and birds had built nests in the stone cracks.

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Vinnie saw that many people were poor.

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Children with sad, hungry eyes were in the streets.

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The old people sitting in front of the buildings looked tired and sick.

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"People don't look very happy," Vinnie said to Mikhail.

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Mikhail nodded sadly.

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"Many people are angry at the royal family.

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The czar does not know how people really live."

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"Mikhail," his father said, sharply. "Keep silent."

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"But, Papa, even you said that change must happen!" Mikhail cried.

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"We do not speak of these matters in the street,"

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Mikhail's father said nervously.

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"The czar's spies are everywhere."

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Inside the palace, Mandy was in trouble.

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The ruffle of Anna's dress was muddy and stained.

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"Clean this up now!" said Anna.

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She pulled the ruffle off her dress and handed it to Mandy.

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Then a servant led the ballerina down a hallway.

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As she walked off, Anna's dress looked shorter and very plain.

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Another servant motioned to Mandy:

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"Come to the kitchen!

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We'll clean it there."

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In the halls and rooms of the palace, everything shone.

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It was as if gold had been poured on the walls.

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The furniture was covered in thick purple and red velvet.

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Crystal lights sparkled.

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"First time in the Winter Palace?" asked the servant.

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"Yes, it's beautiful," Mandy exclaimed.

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"The royal family is usually here only in winter.

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But this year, the Romanovs are staying longer," explained the servant.

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"Romanov . . . that name sounds familiar," Mandy thought.

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Outside the kitchen, they passed delivery men carrying baskets of flowers.

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A little while earlier, Vinnie had arrived at the palace.

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In the square outside, he unloaded baskets of flowers from a wagon.

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"Wow! Look at how big the palace is!" he cried, staring.

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"Come, we have work to do," said Mikhail's father.

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Inside, Vinnie passed a servant and a little girl carrying some wrinkled fabric.

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The tall basket of flowers blocked his vision, and he didn't see that it was Mandy.

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Mandy cleaned the ruffle as best as she could.

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Then she left the kitchen to take it to Miss Pavlova.

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She paused in a hall to look at a royal family portrait.

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In the painting, there were five children—four girls and a young boy.

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"Romanov . . . ," Mandy said aloud, looking more closely at the picture.

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"Awful, isn't it?"

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said a girl a bit older than Mandy who was standing nearby.

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She wore a pink dress with matching ribbons in her hair.

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"I think it's a fine picture," Mandy said nervously.

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"It doesn't look like me at all,"

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the girl complained playfully.

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Mandy looked at the picture again.

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This girl must be the one sitting to the right of the boy.

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"You do look better in real life," admitted Mandy.

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The girl looked curiously at Mandy.

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Then she said, "I like you.

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You're very honest."

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Mandy smiled. "I'm Mandy.

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I need to find Miss Pavlova.

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Do you know where she is?"

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"Yes. She is with my parents," replied the girl.

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"My name is Anastasia."