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The Little Old Lady Who Danced on the Moon
By Bonnie Highsmith Taylor
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edge of a village.
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large pond.
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woods.
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her company.
She grew beautiful flowers, in the summer, fed
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the birds in the winter, and baked bread, played the fiddle, and
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braided rugs all year long.
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Sometimes she was a bit lonely. 7.The villagers have little to
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do with her.
“She’s very strange!” cried the village woman.
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cried the village men.
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funny!” cried the village children.
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when she says she has danced on the moon.”
There was once a little old lady who lived in a cottage at the
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The cottage was in the woods beside a
The little old lady was happy living alone in the
She had her friends, the birds and animals, to keep
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“She says she has danced on the moon.”
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“What nonsense!”
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“She’s silly!”
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“But she’s
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“She makes us laugh
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“But I have
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danced on the moon!” the little old lady insisted, again and
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again.
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“I really have!”
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The villagers only shook their heads and sighed.
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kites, skipped by the cottage.
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freckles and red hair.
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was a larger boy with a missing front tooth and black, wavy
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hair.
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with dimples and brown braids. She was carrying a purple
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kite.
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ringlets.
One cold, windy morning some village children, carrying
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There was a small boy with
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He was carrying a green kite.
He was carrying a blue kite.
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There
There was a small girl
There was a larger girl with round cheeks and yellow
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She was carrying an orange kite.
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sparrows and starlings.
The little old lady was scattering food scraps for the hungry
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“Where are you going?” she called.
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“To Blossom Meadow,” replied the children.
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kites.”
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have never flown a kite.”
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children.
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replied.
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“To fly our
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“How lucky you are,” cried the little old lady.
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“Never flown a kite!” gasped the
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The children ran off giggling.
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has danced on the moon.”
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music,” mumbled the small boy.
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answered.
The small boy looked back over his shoulder.
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“Maybe she
“Impossible!” said the children.
“No one can dance on the moon.”
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“She does play pretty
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“And she’s kind to animals.”
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One cold, snowy morning as the little old lady sat before her
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fire braiding a rug, she heard someone shouting, “Hey, Maisie!
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Hey, Maisie!”
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The little old lady opened the front door and
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looked out.
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The village milkmaid, carrying a rope, was
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hurrying through the woods.
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“Where are you going?” called the little old lady to the
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milkmaid.
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“She had run away.”
“Oh!” exclaimed the little old lady.
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“How wonderful it would be to have a cow that could give
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rich cream for my cereal.”
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“I am looking for my cow,” said the milkmaid.
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cream?
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“But you need not pity me, for I have danced on the moon.”
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Away ran the milkmaid, muttering, “Danced on the moon
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indeed.”
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it turned very, very cold.
The milkmaid shook her head sadly.
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How awful.”
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“Perhaps,” smiled the little old lady.
One night, when the stars were bright and the moon was full,
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It was the night of the winter
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festival, which was held every year.
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gathered in the schoolhouse.
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singing, and lots of good things to eat.
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All the villagers
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There would be dancing,
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misses the winter festival,” someone said.
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something bad has happened to her,” spoke up a small boy.
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Everyone was there—except the little old lady.
“Let’s go and see.”
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And out the door he ran.
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The small boy’s friends and the villagers followed.
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all walked through the woods to the little old lady’s cottage.
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They knocked.
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There was no answer.
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harder.
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Still no answer.
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Suddenly the girl with yellow ringlets cried, “I hear music!
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It is coming from the pond!”
The group ran down the path
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to the pond.
And there, playing her fiddle and twirling about
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on the ice, was the little old lady.
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“Look!” shouted the boy with black, wavy hair, pointing at
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“She is dancing
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“Come on and join me,” invited the little old
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the reflection of the moon on the icy pond.
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on the moon!”
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lady, slipping, sliding, and playing her fiddle.
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villagers, and the little old lady danced on the moon.
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And all the night, as the stars twinkled, the children, the
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