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"Hurry!" the princess cried to the children.

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"I have been gone too long!

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By now the servants will be looking for me!"

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When they reached a courtyard, several servants rushed toward the princess.

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"Where have you been, Your Highness?" cried one woman.

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"Your Highness!" Another servant gasped.

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"Who are these strangers?

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Did they kidnap you?"

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"No, they did not kidnap me!" the princess replied.

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"They helped me," she added.

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"And now they are my honored guests."

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The servants did not look happy to hear this.

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But they bowed quietly and then stepped aside.

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The children followed the princess into a small building.

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She invited them to sit around a low table.

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Then she left for a moment to change her clothing.

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Mandy noticed a sheet of paper with unusual writing.

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"Are these Chinese characters?"

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she asked when the princess returned.

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"No," said the princess.

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"That is <font color="#ffff00"><i>hangul</i></font>, the alphabet that my father invented."

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"Your father invented an alphabet?" said Mandy.

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"Yes," said the princess.

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"Our people have always spoken in Korean.

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But they used Chinese characters to read and write.

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Chinese characters were very difficult to learn.

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And only nobles could go to school to learn them."

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"That's not fair!" Mandy said.

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"I agree," said the princess.

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"My father didn't think it was fair either.

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That is why he worked with scholars to invent a simple alphabet.

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<font color="#ffff00"><i>Hangul</i></font> is very easy to learn.

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And now the Korean people have their own alphabet."

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"It sounds like your father was a great king," said Mandy.

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"He was. And he loved his people very much," replied the princess.

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"But <font color="#ffff00"><i>hangul</i></font> has not spread to everyone yet.

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Some people are upset by <font color="#ffff00"><i>hangul</i></font>.

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They say that learning is only for nobles and royalty."

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The princess pulled out a clean sheet of paper.

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"Now I will show you just how beautiful <font color="#ffff00"><i>hangul</i></font> is!"

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The princess poured water into the inkstone.

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Then she made ink, dipped a brush into it, and wrote two <font color="#ffff00"><i>hangul</i></font> letters.

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"Here you are."

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She gave the paper to Vinnie.

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"This says Vi-nnie.

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For your name!"

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"Thank you!" said Vinnie.

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Next the princess wrote Mandy's and Gildong's names in <font color="#ffff00"><i>hangul</i></font> too.

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Gildong was very pleased by the gift.

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"Thank you, Princess.

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I will remember this.

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I hope I get to learn <font color="#ffff00"><i>hangul</i></font> soon."

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"I think you will, Gildong," she said with a smile.

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Just then there was a sound at the door.

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A servant spoke in a worried voice.

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"Your Highness! The guards are coming!

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And they are looking for your friends!"