Dancing?
By Blythe Thompson
Harrison once lived in a big house lost in the middle of the woods. Then later in life he met a beautiful girl named Emily. Soon they were married! And has always wanted a baby, but they never got blessed with the gift of a child.
Fourteen years later, as Harrison started to clean up for the night, he got a phone call. It was his wife, Emily.
Emily started to speak in a breathy, squeaky voice, and she said, “Harry I got the phone call that we’ve been waiting for.
A day later, there was a new beautiful baby born. Her name was Fiona. She was the sweetest little girl, blond shiny, smooth hair. With sweet little dimples, and red, rosy cheeks.
Three years later, Harry had closed down his dinner, raised a beautiful girl, but unfortunately had become bankrupt. Fiona couldn’t go to school, Emily couldn’t buy enough food to feed her family. Harry knew what he had to do.
Harry told his family that they were going to need to take a trip, to go talk to Aphrodite.
“Who is Aphrodite?” said Fiona. Emily explained that Aphrodite was the goddess of beauty.
“The goddess of beauty! I would love to come!” Fiona screamed.
Harry and Emily traveled to Aphrodite on one single horse, with Fiona laying across their laps.
Two weeks later, they had arrived. As they all got off the horse, Harry went to go talk to Aphrodite, as Emily and Fiona went to look around.
Harry got a man to schedule a time for him to see Aphrodite, the next morning (tomorrow at 6am).
Harry told the girls to meet him at their rental apartment when they were done looking around.
They had bumped into somebody: her name was Terpsichore. Terpsichore claimed that she was one of the nine muses, and was the goddess of dance.
Fiona whispered to her mom, “What is dance?”
Emily didn't know, no one did.
After one long night, Harrison, Emily, and Fiona were off to talk to Aphrodite. Fiona could not be more excited.
Fiona whispered to Emily and said, “I know there is going to be prince, and of course we are going to fall in love at first sight!
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