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Sport 26: Autumn 2001
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Every Friday afternoon after Maths and Science we rehearse for the school play. We are doing Alice in Wonderland. I am playing the Cat. Pauline is playing the Queen. All the girls in the school wanted to play Alice. They stood in the bathroom for hours combing their hair and looking into the mirror showing surprised, happy, scared, exhausted and sleepy looks, going through the whole repertoire of facial expressions in the adventure. No one wanted the Cat's role, except for Martin Martinson who got his lines all messed up on stage and was rejected straight away, although the reason they gave him was that his grin was not good enough. I performed impeccably after him and so I got the role. Miss Enamel, who is directing the play, says they are going to get me some really long cardboard nails to wear on top of my cat's costume. She says I need to show them when Alice gets all choosy about where to go.