Hans Christian Andersen
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The ballerina's performance
I won't begin to discuss.

:40:06
That would take till tomorrow morning.
We'll do it again.

:40:10
Not with these shoes, darling.
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I told you before, remember?
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Stop! Everything stop.
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Is the cobbler here yet?
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- Here I am.
- Come up here, cobbler.

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Come on. Hurry up!
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Cobbler, this lady will explain to you
what she wants you to do.

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It's a trifle complicated, but she's no
ordinary dancer. She's something special.

:40:46
Of all the dancers in Denmark, she is
the only one who cannot follow my steps

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without special shoes
that exist only in her mind.

:40:54
All this she will make clear
to you, perhaps.

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We cannot understand
so great a ballerina

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We must only bow to her every wish.
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Not quite low enough, my dear!
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Come, sir. We can talk more quietly
over there, I think.

:41:13
Lunch, everybody.
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You've seen the ballet
when I make a jeté?

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You know - when I jump.
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I want to rise and then remain motionless,
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as though I were standing
on nothing but air.

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It is impossible with these shoes,
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but if you could put something in the tip
of each one, I could do it, I'm sure I could,

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in spite of that unkind man.
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I would so love to show him
it is not impossible.

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It is possible, isn't it?
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Could you do it?
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Yes.
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Yes, I can do it.
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I'll find something.
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Something soft and silent.
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I'm sure I can do it.

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