| It was sunset. The wind rode on the sharp edges | | | | The girl's body began to move again, but this time |
| of the mountains dragging the last bit of color | | | | it was much slower and seemed more meaningful. |
| away from the darkening hills. In a small cradle of | | | | Soon the others were bobbing their heads and |
| two hills lay a beautiful girl. Her hair was long and | | | | moving to something unheard. It was the music |
| soft, and when it touched the wind no other | | | | of their souls. The girl sped up her dance, leaving |
| beauty could compare to it. She had a long face | | | | all of the others to dance their own rhythm. Soon |
| and brilliant searching brown eyes. Her feet were | | | | the girl was dancing so hard to the music inside of |
| perfectly conformed, but were not like | | | | her that she suddenly stopped and began to run. |
| everybody else's who surrounded her. This girl's | | | | Blood thumped in her temples and her gorgeous |
| belly was not thin and it was not bulging, but was | | | | hair flowed back away from her face. Her long |
| somewhere in between, and was the perfect | | | | sleek body seemed to move with the wind, and |
| shape. She stood up. Her long hair covering her | | | | her feet with the earth. The girl ran and ran, and |
| body like a coat. The wind pushed against her | | | | when she got to the top of her favorite hill she |
| forehead, cooling the nearly invisible sweat. | | | | stopped. Her breathing came harshly, making her |
| Others gathered around her, watching her intently. | | | | nostrils flare for air. She smiled and took a minute |
| She began to move in a slow, but upbeat rhythm. | | | | to grasp the beauty around her. The smell of wild |
| It grew very quiet. The others continued to look | | | | flowers hung in her nostrils, and the earth cuddled |
| at her, and started to wonder why she had | | | | her feet. In the near distance she spotted a small |
| begun to dance when the music hadn't started. | | | | forest and hundreds of night creatures lurking |
| The girl's curves moved back and forth and her | | | | about. Quickly she turned around to look at the |
| hands danced their own dance around her | | | | others. Their music was still playing within their |
| stomach. Back and forth she moved until the | | | | bodies. The girl was satisfied. Once again she had |
| earth seemed to move and the mountains rumble. | | | | taught to listen not only to your mind but also to |
| The grass quivered back and forth at the eerie | | | | the music, the real music that plays inside of you. |
| silence. She stopped. The ring of quiet shadowed | | | | The girl began to laugh. This was no ordinary laugh |
| everyone's ears. The beautiful girl opened her | | | | though -- it was a laugh that was a slightly |
| mouth. A long sweet tone emerged from her lips. | | | | haunting and scary. Her eyes sparkled and she |
| The gazing onlookers listened intently to the | | | | laughed on. Once again she had gotten away with |
| wonderful sound. The girl dropped down to a very | | | | her secret. Once again she had done something all |
| low pitch and then swerved back up like a bird | | | | of the others said she couldn't do. The girl reared |
| that was getting too close to the ground. She | | | | up in triumph, showing off her glimmering hoofs |
| sang and sang as if she were pouring her inside | | | | and long mane. A long whinny rose from her |
| beauty out to the others. Her voice stopped, and | | | | throat and she galloped home. |
| once again silence covered everything. | | | | The dancer's secret was revealed... |