<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390310" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Budding Ballerina</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was once a 'budding' ballerina, <br>With all the right outfits to wear, <br>There never was anyone keener, <br>I had point shoes and tutus to spare.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was four and a half when I started, <br>Even remember my first big exam, <br>It's funny how some things just stick in your head, <br>I had to go in by myself, and leave Mam.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We'd practice so hard for our teacher, <br>Sometimes four or five times a week, <br>And although she was a bit of a preacher, <br>From us all, sheer perfection she'd seek.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At eleven, I travelled to London, <br>And danced in the Royal Albert Hall, <br>In the massive arena, we were called upon, <br>To perform. We hoped no one would fall.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As the audience were watching intensely, <br>At us children in costumes so rich.<br>Oh! How we enjoyed it immensely, <br>And it all went off without one hitch.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now each time the hall comes on TV, <br>I'm reminded of when I was there, <br>An amazing experience, believe me, <br>Being under all that spotlight glare.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At eighteen, it ended, such regret, <br>I hung up my point shoes for good, <br>But I'll never forget, a great pirouette, <br>Or a plie, and I don't think I should! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ernestine+Northover">Ernestine Northover</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390310" data-title="Budding Ballerina de Ernestine Northover" data-description="I was once a 'budding' ballerina, With all the right outfits to wear, There never was anyone keener, I had point shoes and tutus to spare. I was four and a half when I started, Even remember my first big exam, It's funny how some things just..."></div> </div> </div>

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