The film tells the story of the youngest daughter, Sarah, who believes that her father will not leave her after her father disappears.
Colonel Crewe and her daughter Sarah had a happy and wonderful time in India. Before the war broke out, Colonel Crewe had to send Sarah to the famous Mitchell School for Girls in New York, where Sarah's mother attended when she was alive. He entrusted his daughter to Mrs. Mitchell to take care of her, and left a large sum of money, so that her daughter's life would be worry-free after he left.
Seeing the face of this generous reward, Mrs. Mitchell arranged the biggest and best room for Sarah, and even if she violated the school rules, she acquiesced in allowing Sarah to bring the necklace her mother left her.
Many rules in the school make Sarah, who is used to freedom and fantasy, feel very hard, so she misses her father even more. Fortunately, she is accompanied by a doll given by her father, and there is a letter for her missing.
Fortunately, Sarah has a cheerful and lively personality. Although her behavior is a bit out of place for a school with many dogmas, it does not prevent everyone from admiring and loving Sarah from the bottom of her heart. The little friends who gather in Sarah's room before going to bed every night , listening to the mysterious magical love story from India with relish.
Because Lottie missed her deceased mother, she often cried out in pain from the corridor throughout the school. Sarah used the story of the sunflower castle in heaven and the angel with a rose crown to calm Lottie down.
Betsy, a little black girl who lives in the attic, is also Sarah's loyal listener every night, and she also gives the children a lookout. Although Mitchell did not allow the children to talk to Betsy, Sarah secretly gave a pair of beautiful shoes to Betsy, who worked non-stop every day.
But all of this, such a naive and unrealistic fantasy in the eyes of the principal, Ms. Mitch, did not bring any benefits to herself. In the eyes of children, Ms. Mitch is always stern and unsmiling, abiding by the etiquette of the nobles, and being disdainful and harsh to the lower-class poor.
On the day of Sarah's first birthday party at the school, the news of Colonel Crewe's death came from the battlefield. In one day, Sarah's identity changed from a princess to the school's little maid, and the little maid Betsy. Live together in the attic.
The shadow of Colonel Crewe's death hangs over Sarah, her world devoid of stories and magic.
Even the embroidered throw pillows about Indian magic that little maid Betsy gave her for her birthday didn't cheer Sarah up.
Until one day, when Sarah went out to buy again, "magic" came quietly. A little boy gave Sarah a copper plate, and the copper plate was exchanged for a piece of bread, and the bread was given to the family of a girl who sold flowers. The girl's family gave Sarah a yellow rose, and Sarah gave flowers to the school. Mr. Randolph next door, because his son also died on the battlefield.
Sarah regained her enthusiasm and yearning for life, and became friends with the little mouse in the attic, Mr. Randolph's Indian butler next door, and the butler's monkey Hanuman, and witnessed Miss Emily and escort in the kitchen. Dairyman's love.
In order to retrieve Sarah's most precious necklace, the former friends secretly ran to the principal's office to look for it, and gave Sarah a big surprise. Sarah's thank you was of course the story that had not yet been told. After the story was told, the principal, Mitch, went to the attic and found the children. As punishment, Sarah had to work for two people the next day, and neither had food to eat.
That's what Sarah said to Principal Miches: "Even if they live in tiny lofts, even if they're shabby, even if they're not pretty, smart, or young, they're princesses, we're all."
The little princess is the power that every girl has. Others can't take it away, you should cherish it yourself.
Hunger all day long made the little maid Betsy look sad, and Sarah comforted Betsy with fantasies, a beautiful table, delicious and hot food, and warm clothes. Waking up the next day, the magic of dreams came true, and the joyful laughter filled the attic.
That night, the magical world in the attic was discovered by Principal Mitch, who locked the two in the attic and called the police. Sarah tore down a plank and climbed along the plank to Mr. Randolph's house to hide in the rainy night .
Sara sat tremblingly in the corner, and the sound of Mrs. Mitch and her party chasing came from outside. Colonel Crewe suddenly appeared: "What's your name? Can I help you?" He lost his memory! Seeing that everyone was about to take Sarah away, in Sarah's heart-wrenching cries, Dad finally remembered everything from the past.
Sarah finally sees her father, his father did not sacrifice, and the story ends very well. Sarah and her friends followed her father out of school and went to a distant place.
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