Melody Trumpet chapter sampler

to be here at the annual Debut Gala, Principal Sharp, what an honour.’ Melody paused, eyebrow raised, feigning embarrassment as she clutched her hand to her collarbone. ‘A genius, you say? Little old me? That’s very kind of you, but I simply can’t accept. Well, if you insist … oh, you do insist?’ Melody waltzed over to her mother’s shoe collection: an assortment of rainbow-coloured, leopard-print and patent-leather heels, boots and sandals. Without removing her socks, she pressed her feet into a pair of cream strappy heels. ‘If the shoe fits … Oh, please don’t mention that genius word again, Principal Sharp!’ Melody waved the feather boa at her reflection. ‘Are the rumours true? I can’t say much … I can’t, I shouldn’t … but yes, okay, all the rumours are true. My talents are extraordinary . There is nothing ordinary about me. Nothing at all.’ She spun in the heels. ‘Melody by name, Melody by nature! I’m off to the Debut Gala and everything will be — ooomph!’ Melody tripped on the rug and fell backwards into a stand dripping with rainbow scarves. As it crashed down, she became tangled in metres of long, flowing fabric and knocked over a pair of silver heels, which sent her mother’s entire shoe collection tumbling like dominoes around the room.

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