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Announcement

On
January 12
3:45pm – 7:00pm
First Floor Theater

There will be a dance competition
for Chad Edward’s new dance partner on television.
Everyone is invited to try out!

When Emily saw this one-day in school, she got very excited. She was a good dancer! She thought her only problem was that she had stage fright. But then she saw the Pitler sisters in the hallway. They were the meanest girls in the whole school, popular and good dancers. The Pitler sisters always picked on Emily because she was also a great dancer and prettier than them but they didn’t want to admit it. They asked Emily, “Are you going to the dance competition? Don’t bother to answer. It does not matter because we’re going to beat you.” They laughed cruelly.

Emily talked it over with her friends and decided she was going to try out. She practiced day and night. Emily knew her best friend Casie was also trying out, but she was terrified of the Pitler sisters because they were trying out. Emily started to get sick. She threw up about four times.

When Emily got home, she started to cry her eyes out. Emily’s brother Ken was upstairs pulling up weights. He heard his sister crying and came down stairs. Ken asked, “Why are you crying?”

Emily said, “Because I saw the Pitler sisters’ name on the dance competition, and I know they are going to do something bad to me.”

Ken said to Emily that it was going to be all right. To calm herself down she took a walk outside.

While Emily was taking a walk, she saw Chad. Emily was really shy so she didn’t say hi or hello to him. But when she ran across the street to get to the grocery store, by accident she tripped over Chad’s foot. Chad recognized Emily’s face. He said, “Aren’t you the girl that’s entering the dance competition?”

Emily said, “Yes.”

“Great!” Chad said. “I saw you dance before and you’re amazing! Emily, if you win you could be on television on my new show Can You Dance.”

“I really hope I do win!” Emily said. “Anyway I have to go home and practice dancing and do my homework.”

“O.K. Bye.” Emily practiced for four hours, and then she went to sleep.

“Oh no! I just remembered that the dance competition is tomorrow! I have to go upstairs and practice!” Emily practiced for seven hours this time. Then when she finished practicing the dances she was going to do (which were the tango, jazz, tap and hip-hop), she went shopping for the dance competition. She bought this amazing outfit. It was pink, blue and purple. It had sparkles on it and it looked like an ice skating dress.

The next day, just as Emily was leaving school for the competition, the Pitler sisters grabbed her and pushed her in the janitor’s closet. Emily was screaming for help and crying. Suddenly the door opened. It was her best friend Casie who had heard her screams. They both ran to the theater.

Emily was late for the dance competition, but still just in time to try out.

When Emily walked back stage everybody was already dressed, so she had to get dressed fast. When she looked in front of the curtain, the Pitler sisters were up. They were doing the tango, and they were doing really well. As a matter of fact, everybody was doing great! Emily was pretty scared because everybody was doing so well. When the Pitler sisters got off stage, they said to Emily, “Beat that.”

She was up. The first dance she did was fine and the second was great, but the third was horrible. When Emily was doing the Tango, she tripped! She was so embarrassed, but at the end she came in first because she did seven cartwheels without stopping! The Pitler sisters were so mad they went to the 2nd floor balcony and jumped off!

The Pitler sisters broke one arm each and sprained their ankles. Isn’t that a coincidence? Emily and the Pitler sisters were the only people in the theater, and Emily wanted to get back at them for being so mean to her. So Emily told them if they needed help to let her know. The Pitler sisters said no, but Emily said, “I am going to lock you guys in here until I get you some help.”

Meanwhile, since Emily won she got a scholarship and got to be on television. After that competition, her whole life changed. The Pitler sisters did not pick on her any more, everyone in school congratulated her all the time, and Emily loved all the attention.

The End.

Afterword: If you are wondering what happened to Emily when she grew up, I can tell you. You know in my story how I said that whoever won the competition got to be on TV? Well, the director of the show said that Emily danced amazingly, so they made a movie about her called Dancing Emily.