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their parents were and send them a flyer.
    When the children passed her door, they stopped. The little girl was staring at something, and it didn’t take long for Lizette to figure out what it was. The sun light was streaming in, making the Sugar Plum Fairy costume sparkle even more than usual. Lizette’s mother had used both gold and metallic pink on the costume when she’d made it, and many a young girl mistook it for a princess costume.
    â€œIf you go ask your mother if it’s okay, you can come in and look at the costumes,” Lizette said. She doubted things were so casual in Dry Creek that parents wanted their children going into strange stores with out their knowledge.
    The girl whispered something in the boy’s ear. He nodded.
    Lizette had walked closer to the children and was starting to feel un easy. If you added a few poundsand took away the scared look in their eyes, those two kids looked very similar to that snap shot she’d seen several days ago. She looked up and down the snow-covered street. There were the usual cars and pick ups parked be side the hard ware store and the café, but there were no people out side except for the two children. “Does your mother know where you are?”
    Both children solemnly nodded their heads yes.
    Lizette was relieved to know the children had a mother. Their father hadn’t looked like much of a parent, but hopefully their mother was better.
    â€œOur mother won’t mind if we look at the dress,” the boy politely said after a moment and pointed in side. “That one.”
    The rack was very close to the door and Lizette decided she could leave the door open so the children’s mother could see them if she looked down the street. Really, if she moved the rack closer, the children could touch the costumes while they stood out side on the side walk.
    Lizette pushed the costume rack so it was just in side the door. “The pink one is my favorite, too.”
    Lizette watched as the little girl reached out her hand and gently touched the costume.
    â€œThat’s the dress for the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker ballet,” Lizette said.
    â€œWhat’s a ballet?” the boy asked.
    Lizette thought a moment. “It’s like a play with lots of costumes and people moving.”
    â€œSo some one wears that dress in a play?” the boy asked.
    The boy and Lizette were both seeing the same thing. The little girl’s face was starting to glow. One moment she had been pale and quiet, and the next her face started to show traces of pink and her eyes started to sparkle.
    For the first time, Lizette decided she had made the right decision to come to Dry Creek to open her school. If there were more little girls and boys like this in the community, she’d have a wonderful time teaching them to love ballet.

Chapter Four
    L izette heard a sound and looked up to see a half-dozen men stomping down the steps of the hard ware store and heading straight to ward her new school. She wasn’t sure, but she thought every one of the men was frowning, especially the one who was at the back of the group. That man had to be forty years younger than the other men, but he looked the most annoyed of them all.
    â€œThe children are still just on the side walk,” Lizette said when the men were close enough to hear. While she hadn’t thought any one would want children to go into a building alone, she certainly hadn’t expected there would be a problem with them standing on the side walk and looking at something in side. If the citizens of Dry Creek were that protective of their children, she’d never have any young students in her classes.
    Lizette braced her self, but when the men reached her, they stood silent. Finally, one of them cleared his throat, “About this—ah—school—”
    â€œThe children will all have permission from their parents, of course,” Lizette rushed to assure