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2. she could not see her father,
he was watching. And he smiled.
Middle School When the little girl was a little oder,
she took dancing lessons. She wore
a pink tutu and soft leather ballet
slippers. At her first dance recital
she tried very hard to remember her
1. "The Dance" by Richard Evans. steps. She did not see her father
"A father once had a daughter. She was
standing close to the stage. But he
a happy little girl who liked things that was smiling. A few years later the
little girls do - dress-ups and kittens and girl became a graceful ballerina.
sometimes both together. But most of She wore pink satin toe soes with
all she liked to dance Nearly every day long shiny ribbons. One year she
she would Jump and spin m the thick will daned a solo in The Nutcracker.
grass near the edge of the yard where Everyone clapped when she
the tall meadow flowers grew Though finished. The crowd was large and
she didn't see h1m, her father watched. the stage lights were bright so the
And he smiled. When the g1rl was old girl could not see her father in the
audience. But he clapped louder
enough to go to school she danced in
than anyone else. And he smiled
the Thanksgiving play, dresses as an
ear of corn. She could not see out of wider than anyone cl c. Whenever
he missed his daughter, the father
her costume very well and tripped over would take out an old shoe box
a boy dresses as a carrot. Though she filled with photos of her dancing.