Magic Steps
“Pasco’s mother Zahra was feeling brisk she made them all step lively that morning. The cousins’ feet slapped the courtyard tiles as if they were step dancers all doing the same measures.
When a maid told Zahra someone had come to see her, Zahra ordered them to pair up and practice the latest drill. The moment she was gone. Pasco and a couple of the others sat down to rest..
A baton thumped Pasco’s crown. “You heard, your mama, tippy-feet,” his cousin Vani said, jeering. “Come: prance around, wi...th me a bit.”
Pasco replied with a rude suggestion.
Vani growled, and rapped Pasco’s head again. Pasco saw stars.
“Stop it, Vani,” Reha protested. “You’d be cleaning chamberpots for weeks if Aunt Zahra saw that.”
“She won’t catch me, though, and you won’t tell if you’re wise.” Glaring at Pasco, Vani added, “Guess who got stuck hauling wood this morning while somebody took his sweet time coming back from market? Wha’d you do, Pasco? Stop and goggle at them Capchen dancers practicing in the yard at Wainwright’s inn?”MoreLess
When a maid told Zahra someone had come to see her, Zahra ordered them to pair up and practice the latest drill. The moment she was gone. Pasco and a couple of the others sat down to rest..
A baton thumped Pasco’s crown. “You heard, your mama, tippy-feet,” his cousin Vani said, jeering. “Come: prance around, wi...th me a bit.”
Pasco replied with a rude suggestion.
Vani growled, and rapped Pasco’s head again. Pasco saw stars.
“Stop it, Vani,” Reha protested. “You’d be cleaning chamberpots for weeks if Aunt Zahra saw that.”
“She won’t catch me, though, and you won’t tell if you’re wise.” Glaring at Pasco, Vani added, “Guess who got stuck hauling wood this morning while somebody took his sweet time coming back from market? Wha’d you do, Pasco? Stop and goggle at them Capchen dancers practicing in the yard at Wainwright’s inn?”MoreLess
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