(reading practice) Dancing with devil

Dancing with the Devil
retold by
S. E. Schlosser

The girl hurried through her schoolwork as fast as she could. It was the night of the high school dance, along about 70 years ago in the town of Kingsville, Texas. The girl was so excited about the dance. She had bought a brand new, sparkly red dress for the dance. She knew she looked smashing in it. It was going to be the best evening of her life.
Then her mother came in the house, looking pale and determined.
"You are not going to that dance," her mother said.
"But why?" the girl asked her mother.
"I've just been talking to the preacher. He says the dance is going to be for the devil. You are absolutely forbidden to go," her mother said.
The girl nodded as if she accepted her mother's words. But she was determined to go to the dance. As soon as her mother was busy, she put on her brand new red dress and ran down to the K.C. Hall where the dance was being held.
As soon as she walked into the room, all the guys turned to look at her. She was startled by all the attention. Normally, no one noticed her. Her mother sometimes accused her of being too awkward to get a boyfriend. But she was not awkward that night. The boys in her class were fighting with each other to dance with her.
Later, she broke away from the crowd and went to the table to get some punch to drink. She heard a sudden hush. The music stopped. When she turned, she saw a handsome man with jet black hair and clothes standing next to her.
"Dance with me," he said.
She managed to stammer a "yes", completely stunned by this gorgeous man. He led her out on the dance floor. The music sprang up at once. She found herself dancing better than she had ever danced before. They were the center of attention.
Then the man spun her around and around. She gasped for breath, trying to step out of the spin. But he spun her faster and faster. Her feet felt hot. The floor seemed to melt under her. He spun her even faster. She was spinning so fast that a cloud of dust flew up around them both so that they were hidden from the crowd.
When the dust settled, the girl was gone. The man in black bowed once to the crowd and disappeared. The devil had come to his party and he had spun the girl all the way to hell.

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• 你總能找到最好的資料，謝謝！你不介意我跟你讀一遍吧？ -北京二號- ♀ (2577 bytes) () 10/18/2009 postreply 16:52:38

• 這是從什麽地方節選的呀？thrilling~~ -小千...千與千尋- ♀ (23 bytes) () 10/18/2009 postreply 18:12:42

• I guess it's a Halloween classic. -北京二號- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/18/2009 postreply 18:27:47

• Great! nice reading! -billnet- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/18/2009 postreply 18:49:03

• Hi Bill. I know you'd also like englishreader's pick. -北京二號- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/18/2009 postreply 19:56:13

• You bet. have a nice evening. -billnet- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/18/2009 postreply 19:59:04

• pretty good -englishreader- ♂ (935 bytes) () 10/18/2009 postreply 22:21:04

• Thanks. (my earlier reply might have been dropped by WXC) -北京二號- ♀ (390 bytes) () 10/18/2009 postreply 22:57:43

• good reading exp. for intonation. -billnet- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/18/2009 postreply 18:50:29

• thank you for listening to it and good words -englishreader- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/18/2009 postreply 22:25:44

• appreciating all for enjoying this story, here is the source -englishreader- ♂ (360 bytes) () 10/18/2009 postreply 20:47:07

• 後來呢？結局如何？女孩死了麽，還是平安回來了？ -雨打兔子窩- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/19/2009 postreply 14:36:40

• story ended here -englishreader- ♂ (277 bytes) () 10/19/2009 postreply 16:52:37