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Bess calls her Uncle Will with concern for her father's health. Her father had taken Bess's brothers fishing and caught a cold that developed into bronchitis. Bess describes her father as looking very ill with a fever and pale complexion. Uncle Will is glad Bess contacted him and that he decided to come to Kent the previous night. As they head to see Bess's father, she explains that her mother and siblings went to Rome for Easter without her so she could care for her ill father. Bess had already contacted the local doctor, Dr. Lessing, who arrives at the house as they discuss her father's treatment with cough medicines.

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11-A 14.10

Bess calls her Uncle Will with concern for her father's health. Her father had taken Bess's brothers fishing and caught a cold that developed into bronchitis. Bess describes her father as looking very ill with a fever and pale complexion. Uncle Will is glad Bess contacted him and that he decided to come to Kent the previous night. As they head to see Bess's father, she explains that her mother and siblings went to Rome for Easter without her so she could care for her ill father. Bess had already contacted the local doctor, Dr. Lessing, who arrives at the house as they discuss her father's treatment with cough medicines.

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My family moved to Rockaway, New Jersey in the summer of 1978.

It was there that my dreams of


stardom began.

I was nine years old. Heather Lambrix lived next door, and she and I became best friends. I thought she
was so lucky A ______ . She took tap and jazz and got to wear cool costumes with bright sequences and
makeup and perform on stage. I went to all of her recitals and В ______ .

My living room and sometimes the garage were my stage. I belonged to a cast of four, which consisted
of Heather, my two younger sisters, Lisa and Faith, and I. Since I was the oldest and the bossiest, I was
the director. Heather came with her own costumes С ______ . We choreographed most of our dance
numbers as we went along. Poor Faith ... we would throw her around D ______ . She was only about
four or five ... and so agile. We danced around in our bathing suits to audiocassettes and records from all
the Broadway musicals. We’d put a small piece of plywood on the living room carpet, E ______ . And I
would imitate her in my sneakers on the linoleum in the hall. I was a dancer in the making.

My dad eventually converted a part of our basement into a small theater. He hung two “spotlights” and
a sheet for a curtain. We performed dance numbers to tunes like “One” and “The Music and the Mirror”
from A Chorus Line. I sang all the songs from Annie. I loved to sing, F ___________. I just loved to sing.
So I belted out songs like “Tomorrow”, “Maybe” and “What I Did For Love.” I knew then, this is what I
wanted to do with my life.

1. like she was a rag doll

2. whether I was good at it or not

3. wished I, too, could be on stage

4. and I designed the rest

5. and I was star struck

6. so Heather could do her tap routine

7. because she got to go to dance lessons


Kent 1926

Uncle Will arrived at Kent at 5 p.m. ”What’s wrong with your father, Bess? Will asked after 32 ______
her with an affectionate embrace. Bess was his favorite niece and he came as quickly as he could after
her call. She sounded desperate. Stepping back, Will peered into her face. It was pale and filled with 33
______.

“What happened?” Uncle Will placed his hand on Bessy’s.

“Pa took my brothers fishing at Ravenscar last weekend and 34 ______ a cold then. It was chilly out on
the North Sea, and very windy, and it poured with rain, they got drenched. His cold 35 ______ into
bronchitis, as it often does with him. I think it’s a family weakness, a weak chest, I mean. His face is
white and he is feverish. I have never seen Pa look as ill as this. That’s why I telephoned you.”

“I am glad you did, and I’m certainly glad I decided to come down to Kent last night”.

As they walked across the entrance foyer of Waverley Court, heading toward the staircase, Bess went 36
______, “I think you know that my mother went to Rome for Easter. Her former college mate invited
her. She took Cecily and the two boys with her. The boys were so happy. I didn’t want to go with them,
and now I’m relieved I stayed here, so that I can look 37 ______ my father”.

”I’m assuming you’ve telephoned the doctor?”

“Yes, he will be here very soon. It’s Dr. Earnest Lessing. He is the local doctor we use when we are
residing in Kent. Meanwhile Faxton and I have been 38 ______ Father the best we can. He’s been
inhaling Frier’s Balsam and taking his cough mixture. I do think that’s helped.” At this moment the door
opened and Dr. Lessing came in.

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