THE LADY IN BLACK
This past Saturday at violin school, my friends and I were playing Hide and Seek during lunch break. Usually on lunch break, I get pizza from the snack table and go sit down and eat. This Saturday, I wanted to play first.
Two of my friends were counting and four of us were hiding, but the counters didn't give us enough time to run away and hide. We said to them, "that's not fair! You didn't give us enough time to hide." sort of loudly. There was a lady with a black dress, black curly hair and black shoes that we did not know outside in the hallway. She raised her voice and said, "You can't do that, there is an orchestra! Where are your parents?". Some of us ran the other way and another one pointed her to where some of our parents were.
Fortunately she had no idea who are parents were and ended up talking to the wrong people. Unfortunately she was still looking for us. My friends and I took our binders and quickly went upstairs to our last period Musicianship Theory Class. There were two students inside, but no teacher. We went to the office to find out that our teacher was out sick! No class! We started jumping up and down.
My mom came up and found us because she wanted to make sure I was in my class. I told her there was no class and so she brought us to the auditorium to see the visiting orchestra. After a few songs, the stage door opened and out came the LADY IN BLACK!!! It turns out she was a singer with the orchestra. We all ducked down and begged my Mom to leave. We kept on pointing at her saying "there she is, the lady who yelled at us!". We were all pretty scared.
My mom shushed us and the performance finished. We left the auditorium. I was really happy that we left and she didn't find any of us and we won't have to worry about her next week.
I really didn't like her singing anyway.
posted by G @ 5:45:00 PM
12 Comments:
You had me wondering who the lady in the black was--thought for a sec it might be your Mom--in belated Haloween costume
This'll teach me to volunteer. Funny how Mommy knew to come check on you - hmmmm?
Mommy always knows. well, most mommies do. great story! and, speaking of mommies, i now understand -- and appreciate EVEN more -- the story your mommy wrote to play off of this true and potentially traumatizing tale. (only time and an audition at Julliard will tell, eh, Talimuffin?)
well done!! xoxo
You told a very funny story here, Tali. Thank you. Do you type your stories in by yourself, or does your Mom help you?
When I was little, my friends never gave me enough time to hide. Back then, we counted like this: "I... II... III... IV... V... VI... " Just ask your Mom.
Well told story, Tali. The last line cracked me up.
you're a nice little storyteller... you have obviously inherited your mother's writing genes.
look forward to lots more
lotsa luv (auntie) ann xxx
Great Story Tali.....and there she is Gryla, chasing little children good image.
A narrow escape.
I like reading about your music school. As you may know, I'm a violin teacher, but we live in the middle of nowhere, so I have had to cobble together whatever I could find to give my daughter, Mall Diva, a first rate musical preparation.
Mall Diva practices 4 hours a day, despite her yearning to go to the mall. She wants to live in NYC when she is a violinist, so maybe the two of you can play together one day.
Good luck with your music.
Gryla...she frightens the living daylights out of me, Tali.
She and her thirteen sons are preparing to come down teh mountain now, here in iceland...to tease us a bit around the Christmas time. All thriteen sons of hers will leave us present sin our shoes though :)
I am glad the Lady in Black, wonæt be there bext week. But you wer ejust playing and being children, she relaly hsoudlnæt have yelled at you in that manner!
I want to tell that woman not to yell at you because she musn't yell at you!
I really like violins and I want to buy one when I am in San Francisco!
I really like your blog!
Oh my! I used to get in trouble like that all the time when I was a kid! It is the worst feeling to think they are going to tell on you to your parents!
But you know what? You have a fabulous mommy and something tells me she would have understood and talked to you about it! But I am glad she didn't see you!!!
Thanks lil'bohemia, I think your blog will be great too. (Doug will keep saying, "are you sure you're not 30?")
miz bohemia- A lot of kids get in trouble with adults. I don't like the feeling that much either, but yet it's kind of fun!
minka- That's exactly why I used Grrryyylla!
mrs. weirsdo- I never really knew where the middle of nowhere was. I still don't. I can't belive mall diva practices 4 hours!!!!!
mo'a- gryla is funny if you think about it and the way you put it, "and there she is Gryla, chasing little children good image".
Ann- Yes I agree about my mother. I hope I will be able to think of something before December starts because December 1st is my birthday. I'll have lots to write in December.
Dougie- I'm serious about the last line though.
Al- I'm wondering how you count like that - do you write it on paper or do you say "I...II...III..."? Mostly my mom helps me because once I tried to type a story on my own and the whole thing erased.
Auntie MNBFF-What does traumatizing mean? I mean hey, I'm only a fourth grader! Yes, I know Mommy knows lots.
Mommy-Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Funny, funny, funny!
Pia-No, just some mean lady from the orchestra!
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