Olivia Flies High by Lyn Gardner

Author:Lyn Gardner [Lyn Gardner]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857630407
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Published: 2011-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Eel hadn’t had a clue what was happening when Jon James pulled her out of her seat. He had looked so strange that for a moment she thought she’d committed some terrible crime she didn’t know anything about and was going to be thrown out of the theatre. But he’d whispered something to Alicia and Alicia had nodded to her, so they’d gone with the director, who had practically dragged Eel through the pass door and into the wings of the stage. Only when they got there, and Jon James had explained the whole situation, did Alicia protest.

“She can’t possibly go on, Jon! She may know all the songs and the dialogue, but she doesn’t know Gretl’s moves. There’d be chaos. You might as well let a rabbit loose on stage. It’s not fair on the show and it’s not fair on Eel.”

“Miss Swan, she does know all the moves. We’ve rehearsed them after school,” said Georgia. “I know she can do it.”

They all turned to Eel, who was pinching herself in case she was dreaming. She was going to be Gretl in The Sound of Music! “I know I can do it too,” she said. She shook back her curls and looked Alicia in the eye. “And I want to do it, and I’m not going to let you stop me, Granny.”

Alicia could see how determined she was, and she could also see the desperate faces of the rest of the cast, all willing her to say “Yes”. She nodded briskly and smiled at Eel, who was dancing madly around, unable to believe what was happening.

“Eel, calm down, you need to conserve your energy,” she told her granddaughter. “Where’s that costume? Let’s get her in it. Georgia. Tom. I want you to look after her on stage to the best of your abilities. I’m relying on you both. Don’t let me or Eel down.” Alicia turned to Jon James. “I hope this is the right decision, Jon. I feel like a farmer sending the family pet lamb to the slaughter. I just hope that you have luck on your side and that Eel can pull it off.”

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