Prelude and fugue

[hazelk]

With apologies to peasant_



This is a fairy story.

Once there was a dancer who wanted to dance. Once there was an evil magician who said:

“Come dance for me.”

And she came. She came and he trapped her like a butterfly on a pin and she danced to his tune. Always the same tune.

But a handsome man came to save her and the magician’s power was broken and…




This is another story.

Once there was a little girl who loved to dance. Once there was an evil government who said:

“Come dance for us.”

And she came. She came and they trapped her like a lightning bug in a jar and they taught her a new dance. That dance was death.

But a handsome man came to save her and he put her in a box and tried to take her home. But that home was broken and the wind blew through it. How does the story end?