Another simple story, yet I enjoyed it. Tanya, the younger sister that isn't old enough to dance with her sister in class, takes the whole story in stride as she isn't given a chance to join until after her sister's recital when she dances for the family at the after party. She, of course is given the chance to begin attending ballet class after that and it ends happily. More stories should be so pleasant. ( )

A little girl, Tanya, loves to watch her big sister dance and wishes more than anything that she could dance, too. But Tanya is too young, and when her sister has practice she can only watch from the window. One night, Tanya's sister has a dance recital and all of Tanya's family came to watch her dance. Tanya saw her sister dancing beautifully and dreamed of doing the same. When they got home, Tanya put on her tutu and began to dance around the living room like no one was watching. But her family was and they couldn't believe that they had not one, but two dancers in the family. On Christmas morning, Tanya was thrilled when she opened a present and saw a leotard and ballet slippers of her very own. Tanya knew she was no longer too little could start practicing with her older sister. ( )

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