April Fox is a dancer she works with a British dance company in leeds

Her boss. There is Maria Grant

one Monday morning April arrives early she sees Maria at the coffee Machine I've

Got some good news says Maria. There is an envelope in her hand

Really? What is it april asks Maria smile wait and see she says at

10 o'clock the dancers are finishing their first class suddenly

Maria Walks into the room can I have a word with you all please she says

What's this about asked April Friends, Laura?

I don't know april answers the music stops. I have a letter here from Moscow Says Maria

Ticker Russians want us to dance there next month

Six weeks later April is at Heathrow airport in London

You're going to have a very good time says her father of course she is George says Mrs.. Fox now april

Have you got everything ticket passport?

money

April smile, yes, mam. She says goodbye to her parents

Then she sees Laura and Maria come on says Laura. It's time to go

On the plane April and Laura talk about Moscow. They are both very happy

I want to see everything as Laura the Kremlin Red Square the Bolshoi

Me tooth of April, and I want to meet lots of people don't forget

We're going there to work says Maria with a smile in

Moscow a bus takes the dancers to their hotel

April and Laura's hotel room is on the second floor

Laura walks in and puts her bags down great. There's a TV. She says and turns it on a

Man is reading the news

She pushes another button now. There's a pop video. Look april. She says Russian rock and roll

But april is not listening. She is looking out of the window

Moscow she thinks I'm in Moscow

Next day the Dancers work very hard

Their dance for the festival green oceans is new and very difficult they start at 8 o'clock and finish at 6

Then after dinner they go to the Bolshoi theater. This is beautiful for April

Laura sits down next to her it really is she says

Then they watch the Russian dancers

They are all true strong and very very good

the day after

April and Laura finish at 3 o'clock

They go to a cafe and drink russian teeth

Then Laura looks at a map of moscow why do you want to go the pushkin museums near here she said

Ok let's go there live April

Then she looks at the people in the cafe. I want to talk to them she thinks but how I can't speak Russian in

A street near the museum there is a small market oh Laura looks with April

She can see some red and yellow boxes on a table. That is a pretty

There music boxes. There's a young man with glasses

You speak English for vehicle before smiles?

I'm studying it at University my friend Nikolai, and I only work here at weekends

April and Laura talked to the boys for a long time Sasha the one with glasses speaks English very well

Nikolai only speaks a little

After 20 minutes Sasha has an idea listen. He said we're going to the country tomorrow for a week's holiday

Some friends are going with us. Do you want to come for the day? It's not very far

Next morning, Sasha and Nikolai arrive at the girls hotel in the Father's car

There are three other people wisdom Lara Eagle and Sonya

They all drive to a lake near Moscow

Everyone is laughing and talking at the lake they have lunch after

that nikolaj plays his guitar and sings russian songs

April listens to him

There is a boat beside the lake late in the afternoon

April and Nikolaj go out in it Nikolaj looks at April and smiles

April smiles - it's very beautiful here and she says

Nikolaj looks into her eyes

Yes, it is beautiful, and you are beautiful

Too I think like April Laura shouts. Come on. It's time to go

Back in Moscow there is a lot to do all the dancers work very hard and have no free time

They promised tired sad - she wants to see nikolai again the towel. She thinks square when

He's in the country and I'm here in Moscow

Then the British Dance Company's big night arrives could luck everyone says Maria

the evening goes very fast

April only thinks about one thing green oceans

But then two hours later the music stops she stands under a white light

Laura and all the other dancers of the fighter

Everyone in the theater is throwing flowers. I think they like us

Says Laura, there's a sad smile on April's face. Yes, she does. I think they do

24 hours later all the British Dancers are at Moscow Airport

Now I'm never going to see Nikolay again things april, and I can't write to him. I don't know his 'red

Then someone says her name she turns

It's Nikolai

the Planes leaving Says Maria Grant

April looks at Nikolai. He gives her a parcel and walks away on

the plane

April sits next to Laura her eyes await. She opened the parcel or look for Laura

It's one of those music boxes the ones in the market, and there's a letter - what does it say

But april is too happy to speak

She looked at the letter

Can I come and see you in England only Kalai? Yes? She thinks yes, you can