Copyright © 2001 by Niki Constantine. All rights reserved.

Once there was a ballerina named Sarah. She had been a ballerina since she was one, and she had TERRIBLE stage fright.

She had to try out for the finals of The Nutcracker Suite. She got the main part in the play. She was the Sugarplum Fairy.

Soon it was time for the play, and she had stage fright and got nervous. She went onstage by accident when it wasn't her turn because she was so nervous and she was afraid because she wasn't supposed to be there. When the curtain opened, she ran offstage and nobody else saw her but her family.

Soon her family had an idea to help her with her stage fright. They had their own characters onstage: The dad was the guard. The sister was the fairy, with Sarah. The brother was the prince. The mother was the princess. Their cat, Fluffy, was the horse.

And then the play was over. Sarah didn't have stage fright anymore because her family helped her.

They went home and decided to have ice cream and celebrate.

THE END