it's been snowing all night!" cried
i antoine' the youngest Archduchess of Austria, . she pulled back the heavy, embroidered curtains.
Let's throw some snowballs before breakfast." said her sister charlotte excitedly
mother's meeting a spanish diplomat this morning she won't even notice we've gone
They quickly dressed i warm furs and run down the castle stairs
the sisters were inseparable their real name were maria carolina and marie antoinette' but everyone called their charlotte and antonie. they spent their days dancing' playing music and racing around the gardens of their three royal castles.
their only worry was pleasing their mother' empress maria theresa luckily with four sons' seven daughters and an time to spare. they only really saw her at dinners and concerts, when they had to dress tidily and behave like adults.
musicians came from all over europe to entertain the austrian royal family.
who's playing tonight? antoine asked her governess' early one morning.
his name is mozart' replied the governess' and he's achild genius!
when mozart arrived, the sisters stifled a giggle he was only six' the same age as antonie. but as soon as his fingers touched the keyboard, the girls were spellbound.
bravo! cried their father, emperor francis,
when mozart finished. the young boy jumped up, bowed, run to empress and sat on her lap. it was such a funny sight, antoine and