Mamma, will you play a valse? Now see." Leonore drew her skirts
back with one hand, so as to show the little feet, and said: "one, two,
three, so. One, two, three, so. Now do that."
Peter had hoped that the way to learn dancing was to take the girl in
one's arms. But he recognized that this would follow. So he set to work
manfully to imitate that dainty little glide. It seemed easy as she did
it. But it was not so easy when he tried it.
"Oh, you clumsy," said Leonore laughing. "See. One, two, three, so. One,
two, three, so."
Peter forgot to notice the step, in his admiration of the little feet
and the pretty figure.
"Well," said Leonore after a pause, "are you going to do that?"
So Peter tried again, and again, and again. Peter would have done it all
night, with absolute contentment, so long as Leonore, after every
failure, would show him the right way in her own person.
Finally she said, "Now take my hands. No. Way apart, so that I can see
your feet. Now. We'll try it together.
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