Written by: Joyana Thapa - 31010, Grade VI
Posted on: 11 July, 2024
The Magic Shoes is a wonderfully written story. It's about a girl named Ella who was an ordinary girl who loved ballerinas and ballet. She was even a ballerina herself! Her mother was very supportive of her too. One day, her mom brought her to a charity shop. Ella found nothing exciting there until her eye caught a pair of old and dirty ballerina shoes. She begged her mom to buy her the shoes, and her mom hesitantly agreed. The shopkeeper winked and told Ella to take good care of the shoes. When she got home, Ella washed and cleaned the shoes, and surprisingly, they looked brand new. Ella tried on the shoes and started to do her dance routine, and she perfectly performed her routine. She thought the shoes were magic and special.
Ella was confident enough to join some competitions, and she won every single one of them! She truly believed those shoes were magic. The week before the national ballet competition, Ella found out something terrible: her mom had thrown away her shoes! She sobbed as she told her mom that the shoes were the only thing preventing her from losing, but her mom didn't think the same. Her mom told her that it was her skills and dedication that made her win. Although Ella was good and excellent at ballet, she wasn't confident enough.
Soon, the day of the competition arrived. Ella was more nervous than ever, but she remembered her mom's words. Suddenly, the announcer called her name as it was her turn to dance. Ella put all her emotion into the dance and hoped that she did well. Soon, the results came, and Ella was in shock when the judges revealed that she had won! She thought, maybe it wasn't the shoes after all, maybe it was my hard work and talent!
