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fiery_ring'Miss Wilton, the sports mistress, was gym mistress also. She had to call Carlotta to order several times, because the girl would climb and jump out of her turn, or do more than she was told to doo. Carlotta sulked, her eyes glowing angrily.
'It is such silly baby stuff we do!' she said.
'Don't be stupid,' said Miss Wilton. 'You do most advanced things considering you are the lowest form. I suppose you think that you could do all kinds of amazing things that nobody else could possibly do, Carlotta.'
'Yes, of course I could,' said Carlotta. And to the astonishment of the entire class the dark-eyed girl suddenly threw herself over and over, and performed a series of the most graceful cart-wheels that could be imagined! Round and round the gym she went, throwing herself over and over, first on her hands, then on her feet, as easily as any clown in a circus! The girls gasped to see her.
Miss Wilton was most astonished. 'That will do, Carlotta,' she said. 'You are certainly extremely good at cart-wheels - better than any girl I have known.'
'Watch me climb the ropes as they should be climbed!' said Carlotta, rather beside herself now that she saw the palin admiration and amazement in thge eyes of everyone around. And before Miss Wilton could say yes or no, the little monkey had swung herself up a rope to the very top. Then she turned herself upside down and hung downwards by her knees, to Miss Wilton's complete horror.'
Summer term at St Clare's.
'It is such silly baby stuff we do!' she said.
'Don't be stupid,' said Miss Wilton. 'You do most advanced things considering you are the lowest form. I suppose you think that you could do all kinds of amazing things that nobody else could possibly do, Carlotta.'
'Yes, of course I could,' said Carlotta. And to the astonishment of the entire class the dark-eyed girl suddenly threw herself over and over, and performed a series of the most graceful cart-wheels that could be imagined! Round and round the gym she went, throwing herself over and over, first on her hands, then on her feet, as easily as any clown in a circus! The girls gasped to see her.
Miss Wilton was most astonished. 'That will do, Carlotta,' she said. 'You are certainly extremely good at cart-wheels - better than any girl I have known.'
'Watch me climb the ropes as they should be climbed!' said Carlotta, rather beside herself now that she saw the palin admiration and amazement in thge eyes of everyone around. And before Miss Wilton could say yes or no, the little monkey had swung herself up a rope to the very top. Then she turned herself upside down and hung downwards by her knees, to Miss Wilton's complete horror.'
Summer term at St Clare's.
