Thursday, 3 October 2013

Martha had taught them all to dance like the famous Cossack dancers. Their little legs were kicking out in front of them as they formed a circle after the last hen had moved forward for her solo dance. All nine hens continued to dance like Cossacks as they went round and round in a circle, still crouched down low, sitting back at an angle and their little kicking legs never stopping, as they went round and round to the clapping of hands and the tapping of feet from the cheering crowd! Mr Finleyson and Gilbert watched from the holding cell. He was bursting with pride as he watched Martha and the other hens dancing. Everyone watching was having a great time. They had never seen anything like it! At some point during the hen's dance routine, the desk sergeant had gone round and opened every hatch on the cell doors so the prisoners could watch the hen's dance. The watching prisoners went wild. They were whistling, cheering, shouting and loudly stamping their feet. They were loving every minute of the hen's dance routine! After the Cossack dancing, the hens threw their wings up in the air and they all began to dance like "Zorba the Greek". They went from side to side, wings held high, little legs crossing over the other leg as they went from side to side, spinning round as they danced. They continued their Greek dancing for another ten minutes until they broke into their finale of the "Fiddler on the Roof" dance, where the hens went from side to side, wings held high in the air, knees bent on the ground as they spun round, standing and kneeling in unison as they went round facing the crowd, backs to each other. They finished their final routine, stopped and bowed their heads. The police officers, civilian workers and prisoners went wild, shouting, "Bravo, more more, encore" as they all clapped loudly and stamped their feet. Martha looked up at Mr Finleyson coyly and winked. She then said to the other hens, "Once more around the room girls"!

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