How the Ballerina Stole Christmas

Dancer

A successful

Once upon a time not a long ago, there was an innocent and joyful ballerina. Her name was Aurora.

She dreamed of making it big in NYC.

Happy, Joyful, Jolly

"NYC" or New York City

Her mother supported her as she was about to audition for the Nutcracker.

Mother

N U T C R A C K E R

Mom

"Honey, you tear up that stage. You got this." Aurora's mom said.

"Thanks, Mommy!" said Aurora as she went on stage.

She thought her performance "wowed" the director, putting in her full effort. Her and her mother were satisfied and ecstatic.

Excited, Ecstatic

Thank You

That was completely awful! My grandmother can dance better than that.

Grandmother

The grumpy, old director did not like her ballet performance. He denied her and did not talk to her or her pink tutu ever again. Aurora was embarrassed.

Grumpy

Embarrassed

Pink

Aurora became frustrated. She thought she did a perfect act. Her face got red.

"You thought you were amazing," Her father screamed. "But you're not. Dancing was a waste of time and money!"

Red

Angry,

Frustrated

Father

Three years later, Aurora was still depressed and heartbroken from what her father said. She gave up on ballet and planned how to make the world suffer. If her Christmas wasn't merry, then nobody else's Christmas will.

3

Sad, Depressed

She made a plan to take all of the presents in her school, ironically in her ballet costume.

She pretended that she was going to perform for her school's charity night. In reality, she prepared to steal all the donated toys and goods. It will commence very soon.

School

Steal

4 hours later, the show started.

"Hello, families and friends," said the Principal of the school. "Today there will be acts from all kinds of students in different classes. To start off, we have Erica singing 'Last Christmas' by Wham!"

Families

4

Classes

Aurora began her rebellious journey. She sneaked from backstage to all the classrooms. Eventually, she found the jackpot room. Putting all the presents in her black sleigh, she took off.

Black

Gift, Present

Everything went as perfectly as planned, until a red, white, and mysterious figure appeared.

"Ho Ho Ho!" Santa yelled with joy.

Aurora was distraught. "Santa?... What-"

"Give the presents to the children in need. You are taking away the smiles off of children's faces. I thought you would redeem yourself tonight and, I took your name off the naughty list."

White

Santa