"She has all the makings of a prima donna ballerina and please could we have her for an audition for our ballet school?" asked the ballet teacher of Sophie's mother.
"No," said Sophie's mother, looking away and gritting her teeth. "I want Sophie to have an academic education."
Oh, how disappointed Sophie was when her mother told her that was what she'd said. Sophie was surprised her mother hadn't wanted her to use her talents. She would have been so happy entertaining people, said Sophie.
"Oh, how I wish I could have had that opportunity," she said in later years. "All my life would have gone better." She said kind things about everyone and tried never to put anyone down, but she did say her mother had put her down. She was as caring as possible to say it and tried not to say it in a rude way. She put her mother on a pedestal and said that she had done her best to bring her up to be the best she could be.
But God made it up to Sophie and put her on a pedestal. She succeeded in life beyond her wildest dreams in other ways.
THE END
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