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If only she knew, I thought, she'd wonder ere bothering with the play

Even a play by Shakespeare

Giggling toto Randall's hand and hurried down the sideith hier to see what lay ahead on this roller coaster Fate had decided I should ride

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The Hand of Fate

Unlike Randall, I had never seen professionally

performed theater, but I didn't reveal that until after the play Of course, I had read Macbeth in school, but seeing and hearing the actors, watching Lady Macbeth gofor e, afraid to look away even for a azing at me from time to time If he tried to speak, I quickly shut him off I didn't want to miss a word

"That onderful," I announced when the actors took their last curtain call Everyone in the audience was standing My pal so hard "I can't wait to see my next play!"

Randall laughed at my enthusiasm That hen I confessed

"Maybe you think I'm weird, but I've never been to one of these before"

"Never been to a play?"

"Nothing but school productions," I said

"You're kidding?"

"No, I', Randall You still don't understand what I've been telling you, where I cah ton, DC, didn't arrange for us to go see any productions Maybe they thought only a handful of us would go or those ould go would ruin the perforht"

"I did forget all that," he admitted as alked from the theater