[vladimir]

you were born in a palace by the sea.

[anastasia]

a palace by the sea?

could it be?

[vladimir]

yes, that's right.

you rode horseback when you were only three.

[anastasia]

horseback riding? me?

[vladimir]

and the horse...

[dimitri]

he was white!

[vladimir]

you made faces and terrorized the cook!

[dimitri]

threw him in the brook!

[anastasia]

was i wild?

[dimitri]

wrote the book!

[vladimir]

but you'd behave when your father gave that look!

[dimitri]

imagine how it was!

[vladimir]

your long-forgotten past!

[vladimir and dimitri]

we've lots and lots to teach you and the time is gonig fast!

[anastasia]

all right...i'm ready!

[vladimir]

now, shoulders back and stand up tall

[dimitri]

and do not walk, but try to float.

[anastasia]

i feel a little foolish.

am i floating?

[vladimir]

like a little boat!

[dimitri]

you give a bow.

[anastasia]

what happens now?

[vladimir]

your hand receives a kiss!

[vladimir and dimitri]

most of all remember this:

[vladimir]

if i can learn to do it, you can learn to do it.

[dimitri]

something in you knows it --

[vladimir and dimitri]

there's nothing to it!

[vladimir]

follow in my footsteps, shoe by shoe!

[vladimir and dimitri]

you can learn to do it too!

[vladimir]

now, elbows in and sit up straight

[dimitri]

and never slurp the stroganoff.

[anastasia]

i never cared for stroganoff!

[vladimir]

she said that like a romanov!

[dimitri]

the samovar.

[vladimir]

the caviar.

[anastasia]

dessert and then goodnight?

[vladimir and dimitri]

not until you get this right!

[vladimir]

if i can learn to do it

[dimitri]

if he can learn to do it

[vladimir]

you can learn to do it!

[dimitri]

you can learn to do it

[vladimir]

pull yourself together

[vladimir and dimitri]

and you'll pull through it!

[vladimir]

tell yourself it's easy

[vladimir and dimitri]

and it's true!

you can learn to do it too!

[vladimir]

next, you must memorize the names of the royalty.

now here we have kropotkin

[dimitri]

shot potemkin

[vladimir]

in the botkin.

[anastasia]

oh!

[vladimir]

and dear old uncle vanya loved his vodka

[dimitri

got it anya?

[anastasia]

no!

[vladimir]

the baron pushkin

[anastasia

he was...?

[dimitri]

short!

[vladimir]

count anatoly

[anastasia]

had a... ?

[dimitri]

wart!

[vladimir]

count sergei

[dimitri]

wore a feathered hat.

[vladimir]

i hear he's gotten very fat.

[anastasia]

and i recall his yellow cat!

[vladimir]

i don't believe we told her that.

[anastasia]

if you can learn t