灰姑娘的水晶鞋

“Hi！ John.” Mary ran towards me with a rare bright smile on her face， saying， “Im gonna have a dance performance tonight. I hope youll come. Here is the ticket. Dont forget！” She left in a hurry， disappearing in the throngs of people quickly.

“What？！ What performance？ Dance？ Is that credible？” I asked myself. Mary was not that kind of girl. She was a quite ordinary one. I had never seen her put on make-up or wearing attractive clothes， moreover， she always wore her big blackframe glasses， for she did not know how to dress up indeed. What a terrible thing， especially for a plain girl！

“I should go to， I must go to. Thats a miracle！” I thought.

I arrived at the hall with the ticket， and found my seat. Her performance was the seventh one. I knew I would suffer from a hard time before her turn， for I had no sense of art， but her performance was worthy of watching， no matter how long I would wait for it.

Time went slowly， I struggled with myself not to fall asleep.

“Lets welcome the next exciting dance—Latin！”Applause filled the hall at once.

I opened my eyes as large as possible， fearing to lose anything. Wearing a golden and shining skirt， Mary appeared on the glorious stage. Her dress went well with the brilliant lights. Such a scene seemed to be a mermaiden showing up under the glittering sunshine， meanwhile， I could feel all the audience in the hall focus their eyes on her and it was also hard for me to remove my sights from her. She was so beautiful： her stature was slim; her long golden hair lay back in curls over her delicate ears. Dancing with a charming smile， she was fully absorbed in the Latin music. At this moment， she looked like a pretty butterfly flying on the splendid stage…I could hardly believe my eyes.

After the performance ended， I waited for her at the gate.

“Hi！” She stood in front of me with a bag and her crystal high-heeled shoes in her hands， and dressed as she used to be， but the make-up could still be seen.

“How do you feel？” There was even the slightest tired expression appeared on her face.

“Fantastic！” I answered.

“Haha. I knew it would be.” She could not conceal her excitement， laughing like a child.

“May I lend a hand？”

“Thank you！” She handed her crystal shoes to me which were shining in the wonderful starry night; in the mean time， I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella.

“嗨！約翰。”瑪麗向我跑來，臉上帶著罕見的笑容，對我說：“今晚我有一場舞蹈表演，希望你能來。這是門票。可別忘了啊！”說完她就匆忙離開了，很快消失在人群中。

“什么？！什么表演？舞蹈？這可信嗎？”我問我自己。瑪麗不是那種女孩。她是一個很普通的女生。我從未見過她化妝或者穿漂亮的衣服，而且她總是戴著那副大大的黑框眼鏡，因為她真的不知道該怎么打扮自己。這真是一件糟糕的事情，尤其是對于一個相貌平平的女生來說！

“我應該去，我必須去。這是一個奇跡！”我想。

我拿著票走進演出大廳，找到我的位子坐下來。她的表演排在第七位。我知道在輪到她之前，我得忍受一段艱辛的時光，因為我完全沒有藝術細胞。但無論等多久，她的表演都值得一看。

時間過得很慢，我努力不讓自己睡著。

“讓我們歡迎下一場精彩的舞蹈表演——拉丁舞！”掌聲立即響徹全場。

我盡量瞪大雙眼，生怕漏掉什么。瑪麗穿著一條閃閃發光的金色裙子出現在耀眼的舞臺上。她的裙子與明亮的燈光交相輝映。這樣的場景就像是美人魚出現在燦爛的陽光下一樣美麗。與此同時，我能感覺到全場觀眾的目光都聚集在她身上，而我也難以將視線從她身上移開。她是如此美麗：她的身材很苗條，長長的金發卷曲在她小巧的耳朵后面。她帶著迷人的笑容舞動起來，完全沉醉在拉丁音樂中。在這一刻，她看起來就像是一只美麗的蝴蝶在這個華麗的舞臺上翩翩起舞……我簡直不敢相信自己的眼睛。

表演結束后，我在門口等她。

“嗨！”她提著一個包包和她的水晶高跟鞋出現在我面前，穿著她平常穿的衣服，但還能看到化妝的痕跡。

“你覺得我的表演怎么樣？”她的臉上沒有顯出一絲疲倦的神情。

“無與倫比！”我回答道。

“哈哈！我就知道是這樣。”她掩飾不住興奮，像個孩子一樣笑著。

“我幫你拿吧？”

“謝謝！”她把水晶鞋遞給我。它們在這美妙的星空下熠熠閃光。這時，我意識到，每個女孩都擁有一雙特殊的鞋子，就像灰姑娘的水晶鞋一樣。