Delphie and the Birthday Show by Darcey Bussell

Author:Darcey Bussell [Bussell,Darcey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780007403103
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2008-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

The fairies led the way to the edge of the forest where the trees gave way to a field of golden corn with a scarecrow in the middle. Prince Florimund was wandering through the field a little way off. He appeared to be pulling the kernels off a long piece of corn and tossing them aside. His lips were moving and Delphie could see that he was saying, “She loves me, she loves me not.”

“How are we going to make him fall asleep?” she whispered.

“We could do our Sleeping Dance,” suggested Peaseblossom. “It makes peaceful music start to play. Anyone who hears it who isn’t dancing will fall asleep.” She looked at Aurelia and Delphie. “You’ll both have to dance or you’ll fall asleep too!”

She edged back into the shadow of the trees. “Look, these are the steps.”

Delphie watched carefully. It was quite a difficult combination. Peaseblossom repeated it twice.

“It looks hard,” Delphie said.

“Don’t worry,” said Aurelia. “You’ll be able to do it.”

“I wish I had my shoes,” said Delphie unhappily. “They help me to dance.”

“No, they don’t,” Aurelia told her. “You just think that but it’s your heart and your feet that do the dancing, not your shoes, I promise.” She squeezed Delphie’s hands. “You can do this. I know you can!”

Aurelia and Delphie joined the fairies. Peaseblossom nodded and they all started to dance. Delphie tried to remember the slow, graceful steps. She turned about, one arm above her head and the other sweeping round, then she stepped forward into an arabesque with her left leg held out behind her. She ran forward three steps and then spun.

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