A DARK TALE

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Story & Illustration - Emma Rios

Words - Janine Rios

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The story begins, within a theatre house.

The hands pull back the curtain, on what this tales about.

Working in the costume department, is a young girl called Kate. 

She gets to work early, but always finishes late.  

A starlet of old, is the boss of the department.

This now silent old lady  still fills Kate with enchantment.

They work together in a dazzling rush. 

To fix up the actors, with a tug and a brush.

When the play's have all finished, and the

Crowds have gone home.

Kate tries on the costumes, when she's all alone.

A beautiful bunny suit, she comes across one night.

She popped it on, then strangely enough, things around

her come to life. It was as if the world she knew so well, 

Had disappeared under a spell.

Little creatures circled around her, they played and gave Kate a fright. For they danced around behind her, and made Kate dance all through the night.

In the morning, all that was left for the chorus line to find, 

Was an exhausted little Kate, who looked like she'd lost her mind. She was brought to the old lady, (whom

was thought best to know what to do), 

With a silent smile, she unlocked a secret door, and Kate into it she through. So down Kate fell, into a giant size funnel,

And like many before her, she mixed into a

perfumed time tunnle.. Finally Kate became nothing more, 

Than a sweet smelling mist, of what she once was before. 

This magic perfume that Kate has been added to, is sprayed onto

the actors before every show. 

'No wonder' we cry, for we had no idea', why there was so much wonder and magic, on stage, every show. So the story concludes, as we turn the last page. The magic of theatre is reviled 

on the stage.