The job of a dancer is very difficult. No matter what happens when we're dancing, we must stay calm and push on. If we hurt, we ignore it, pretend the pain doesn't exist. If we fall, we stand right back up and act as if it never happened. And if we're supposed to smile, we smile, no m...
She was walking to her locker when they cornered her.
“Look who it is!” screeched the first girl, the leader. “Have you ever seen anyone uglier?”
The other girls laughed.
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She looks at her reflection in the mirror, and a tear slides down her face.
She is ugly.
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“You...
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