Jessi's Secret Language (1988)
“In our house, it’s hard to keep worries inside. Everyone notices when you’re brooding. Even Squirt, who tries to make you laugh by blowing raspberries.
I hadn’t been home from class for more than ten minutes before Mama dragged the whole story out. Then she began talking some sense into me. “Didn’t we agree that the Stamford school was the best ballet academy in the area?” she asked me.
“Yes,” I replied.
“And didn’t we look into its reputation, and even the reputation of Madame Noel...le?”
“Yes.”
“And did we find anything that wasn’t professional?”
“No.”
“So,” said Mama, who was really being a lot gentler than this sounds, since she was sitting close to me on the couch and smoothing back my hair as she talked, “do you believe what those girls were saying? Do you think Madame Noelle would risk the whole show, would cast the starring role with a dancer who wasn’t the best for the part, in order to play favorites?”MoreLess
I hadn’t been home from class for more than ten minutes before Mama dragged the whole story out. Then she began talking some sense into me. “Didn’t we agree that the Stamford school was the best ballet academy in the area?” she asked me.
“Yes,” I replied.
“And didn’t we look into its reputation, and even the reputation of Madame Noel...le?”
“Yes.”
“And did we find anything that wasn’t professional?”
“No.”
“So,” said Mama, who was really being a lot gentler than this sounds, since she was sitting close to me on the couch and smoothing back my hair as she talked, “do you believe what those girls were saying? Do you think Madame Noelle would risk the whole show, would cast the starring role with a dancer who wasn’t the best for the part, in order to play favorites?”MoreLess
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