One day at breakfast, Katie started talking about this dancing lady that appeared in her bedroom just about every night. She had a great imagination and embellished that thing to the point Pete actually started to believe her. Kate would tell the family how strange and mysterious it was. How it was dressed like a ballerina, and she even went into detail about what kind of hair and eyes her little friend had. She made that thing sound as if it was her own personal fairy—like a guardian angel. As far as Pete was concerned, that was way too much detail for somebody her age.
This went on for a long time, but not every night. She went on about her dancing lady until Pete had to admit, it was totally in his head. He would lie in bed at night, envisioning …show more content…
To his shock, Pete came face to face with the crazy dancing lady. Right on the wall looking exactly as Katie described it. Right down to the hair!
Realizing Pete was a little flipped-out, Hanna took him over to the window. She pulled the curtains back, and pointed out that when the moon was in a certain spot on some nights, it would cast its light on a tree branch just outside Kate’s window. The shadow on Katie’s wall was none other than . . . the dancing lady. Case closed. Mystery of the dancing lady solved.
As Pete and Hanna walked to his bedroom, she explained Katie didn’t see it every night because the moon isn’t in the same spot every night and doesn’t always shine the same way.
Relief washed over Pete. He could FINALLY get some sleep. As Hanna pulled back the covers on Pete’s bed, her eagle eyes spotted the slingshot sliding out from underneath his pillow. “Pete, what are you doing with this?” she questioned.
Trying to keep the embarrassment from his voice, “I was protecting Sam and me from the dancing lady.”
A smile crept across Hanna’s face. Kissing him on the forehead, she leaned over, grabbed the slingshot, and slipped it into her back pocket. “I don’t think you’ll need this, Pete.” She walked to the door, flipped the light switch off, and whispered, “Good night,
This went on for a long time, but not every night. She went on about her dancing lady until Pete had to admit, it was totally in his head. He would lie in bed at night, envisioning …show more content…
To his shock, Pete came face to face with the crazy dancing lady. Right on the wall looking exactly as Katie described it. Right down to the hair!
Realizing Pete was a little flipped-out, Hanna took him over to the window. She pulled the curtains back, and pointed out that when the moon was in a certain spot on some nights, it would cast its light on a tree branch just outside Kate’s window. The shadow on Katie’s wall was none other than . . . the dancing lady. Case closed. Mystery of the dancing lady solved.
As Pete and Hanna walked to his bedroom, she explained Katie didn’t see it every night because the moon isn’t in the same spot every night and doesn’t always shine the same way.
Relief washed over Pete. He could FINALLY get some sleep. As Hanna pulled back the covers on Pete’s bed, her eagle eyes spotted the slingshot sliding out from underneath his pillow. “Pete, what are you doing with this?” she questioned.
Trying to keep the embarrassment from his voice, “I was protecting Sam and me from the dancing lady.”
A smile crept across Hanna’s face. Kissing him on the forehead, she leaned over, grabbed the slingshot, and slipped it into her back pocket. “I don’t think you’ll need this, Pete.” She walked to the door, flipped the light switch off, and whispered, “Good night,