Page 6 - A Picture of my Island

A Picture of My Island Life

I thought to myself: “I wish I was one of those

pretty dancers”.

I closed my eyes for a long time and the jazz

music of the restaurant turned into steel pan

music. I opened my eyes. I was wearing a carnival

costume identical to the one in the picture.

My legs began to move and, before I knew it,
I was dancing and prancing in tune to the

melody: ping pong, ping pong.

Then I realized we were on stage. It was the

competition for the best carnival costume. All of a

sudden I was scared. One of the dancers noticed
and said to me, “Just close yo eyes and move wid

de music”. It was magical.

When the music stopped we ran off stage. I saw

the picture frame and jumped through it. I no

longer had on my carnival outfit but the dinner
clothes I was wearing before. I quickly had my fish

chowder and ran to see the other paintings.

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