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TV Stars!. Fiona Cummings
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isbn 9780007380398
Автор произведения Fiona Cummings
Жанр Детская проза
Издательство HarperCollins
âReally?â
âExcellent!â
âFantastic!â
âWhatâs the advert for?â asked Frankie, who always gets down to the serious stuff first.
âGood question!â said Angel, smiling at her. âIâll be able to give you more details next week. All you need to know at the moment is that the advertising company are looking for a âbright, sparky girl who is approximately ten years oldâ.â
That description covered most of the drama class. I looked around and everybody was chattering eagerly with their friends about it. Juliet smiled at me and came over.
âYou lucky thing, I wish I was ten again. Fancy being able to go up for a commercial when youâve only been coming to drama classes for a few weeks,â she said. âYou sound like just the kind of person theyâre looking for too!â
She was just being kind to me because I was the wonderful Tomâs sister, but it was nice of her to say that anyway. When sheâd gone back to her friends I joined the others.
âJust imagine,â Fliss was saying, âIâm going to my first audition!â She patted down her hair as though a casting director was watching her already.
âWell if itâs bright and sparky they want, they wonât have to look any further than me!â Kenny pranced up and down the hall.
âNot if they see me first!â Frankie bumped her out of the way.
Angel was getting ready to lock up so we all bundled out of the door.
ââBye darlings, see you next week!â she called after us.
By the time we got outside, Fliss was totally hyper about the whole thing.
âDonât you see? Itâs another sign!â she shrieked. âFirst I tell you that I want to be an actress and Angelâs drama class pops up, and now she tells us about this audition. Itâs like this part already has my name on it! What do you think?â
âI think youâll have some competition from the rest of us,â said Kenny. She sounded quite serious too. I didnât say anything.
Dad picked us up in the van and dropped everybody off. And all the time Fliss was twittering about the stupid audition for the advert. The more she went on about it, the more sure I was that I didnât want to go for it. And what a big mistake that proved to be!
I guess I should explain why I didnât want to audition for the commercial. Iâll try, but to be honest Iâm not a hundred per cent sure myself. It was more a sort of feeling I had, really. I know that I usually just go with the flow, but this time I didnât want to. I suppose the problem was that I couldnât face my brothers teasing me about the audition. You know what theyâre like. They just go on and on about things and never let them drop. Thatâs OK sometimes, like when they tease me about spending so much time with horses. But with other things â like this TV commercial â well, itâs just not worth the hassle.
I didnât mention anything about the audition to Mum or Dad because theyâd have made me go for it. Even though I didnât want to. They like me to stand up to my brothers you see. But it was one thing keeping my decision from my parents. It was quite another keeping it from my friends.
I was really panicking when I went to school the next morning. I knew that the commercial was all they would be talking about and I didnât want to feel left out, but I didnât want to lie to them either.
Sure enough, when I got into the playground Fliss was already in full flow.
âIâm going to smile at the advertising people like thisâ¦â (she did this big cheesy grin) âbecause Mum says that then theyâll be able to see that Iâm bright and sparky, and that I have good teeth.â
âI bet they will!â muttered Frankie.
âTheyâll probably barf up their breakfast, more like!â grinned Kenny.
Fliss ignored them. âThis means a lot to me,â she said firmly. âYou know how much I want to be an actress.â
We all rolled our eyes.
âIâm not sure how Iâm going to approach it yet,â chimed in Kenny. âShould I do this?â She pulled down the corners of her eyes and stuck out her tongue. âOr what about this?â She curled back her top lip until it was touching the base of her nose.
âYouâre so gross!â laughed Rosie. âI think being natural is probably best.â
âIâm sure Angel will tell us what the advertisers are looking for,â said Frankie. âWeâll probably practise in class anyway.â
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