Maddie had on her sheer sparkly tan leotard, and her dance skirt. She stood in the shadows, waiting for the red tassled curtains to lift.. and for the dance recital that she'd spent half her life writing to begin.
The music began. Fairies in sparkly tutus danced forward from the trees.
And who were the trees?
Kenzie and Chloe.
Maddie, the good fairy of Nim Forest, did a slow leap and a spin, her skirt fluttering behind her in time to the slow, elegant fluttery music. Maddie smiled, when suddenly..
The tree stuck a foot out causally, tripped Maddie, then laughed.
Maddie stared angerily up at the cackling trees, realizing that her ankle really, really hurt.
She crawled offstage.
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Sullen and Bitter: The Story of Two Little Dancers
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