Jonah's performance.(short story)

Jack & Jill | July 1, 1995| | Copyright

"It'll be fun," Erica said when she and April entered the school talent show. They practiced a comedy act for weeks. But three days before the show, April got tonsillitis.

"I'm sorry," April whispered to Erica. "Guess we can forget the show."

At dinner, Erica told her family the bad news.

"Why not perform alone?" her father suggested. "Sing or read your poetry."

"I couldn't do it alone," she cried.

Erica's grandfather had joined the family for dinner. As a young man in Hungary, Poppa had worked in a circus, but he rarely talked of his past. ...

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