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 Alice In Wonderland

Little twelve year old Alice came home running all the way from school to tell her mother what had happened at school that day.........she was so excited and hardly could she breath when she told her that she was selected to perform a dance dressed as a bumblebee at the school annual day show.......little Alice used to live with her mom and dad in sun city........this was the first time she was going to be on stage....she was all kicked about it.......that evening her mom took Alice downtown to buy a new bumblebee costume .....little Alice practiced all day at school and came back home and practiced more...cause the show was in one week ....she had hardly got any time to prepare......but she was very dedicated and did all the moves just like her dance teacher told her to do......she became a master of the bumblebee dance within five days......

The day of the show arrived she got up packed her bag and went to school.....she got dressed there itself.....her dance teacher came to her ....he told her that she was looking damn nice and cute......he also told her go on the stage ......do all that she had practiced....and everything would be fine.....

Her Turn Came......she went up to the stage....the announcer announced on the mic....."and now we are going to witness little Alice performing a dance dressed as a bumblebee.....followed by a loud applause.....the curtains opened reveling the huge audience to Alice and little Alice to the audience......she got so nervous looking at the crowed...everyone was looking at her the music started playing but she didn't move...she was almost numb seeing all these people...she tried to look for her mom and dad in the crowed but couldn't ......she forgot everything she had practiced....she started throwing her hands in the air and started kicking her feet randomly....but nothing close to what she had practiced came out ......the giggling from the crowed turned into a cruel laughter.......little Alice was so embarrassed for the first time in her life.....she started crying......then she started running.....she ran backstage her teacher tried to stop her but she kept running.....she went outside of the auditorium....she wanted to get away from everyone.....she wanted to go back home to her room and just be alone.....she had never felt this before......she kept running dressed as a bumblebee......everyone on the street was looking at her ........she realized......... everyone was laughing at her....she was the big joke of sun city that day.....she kept running until she reached at a place were no one was around....she felt funny she had never been to this part of the town....up ahead she saw a huge gate beyond which there was lush green grass and clear blue sky.....she went near the gate and it opened itself....she went inside.....inside she saw about 50 other little girls dressed as bumblebees just like her all dancing and singing....it all came back to her she went and joined them....matched every step with them....she was happy again .....no more tears in her eyes.....she felt good ....not embarrassed anymore.....

News Article
The Sun City Times 18/5/1998

A speeding Car Ran Over a 12 year old Girl Dressed as Bumblebee....the girl was taken to the sun city hospital but the doctors told she was brought dead.....the driver of the speeding car has been.............