Then they spent a week skating only in private.
No one saw them. . .at all.
They did not even come back for the weekend events.
The week was not boring. . .neither for the Wonderlanders nor for a
new set of prize winners. . .nor for the parents and vendors. . .an
already nervous breed. . .now considering their own extinction.
The Wonderlanders didn't really care about the prizes all that much
and this way they all got to actually skate more than they could in
the various competitions, where they actually only skated just very
little, when it came down to it. . .a little warming up. . .a short
skate. . .and a longer skate. . .perhaps totalling 10 minutes, then
maybe something at the end, maybe not.
Not much skating.
As for the prizes. . .each of them had more prizes than they really
could could ever hope to wear or display. . .most of the time a box
under the bed held them all. . .not one day out of a hundred did it
get opened. . .other than to put more prizes IN. . .not take any of
them OUT. It was like a black hole. . . .
The next week the Wonderlanders returned and faced everyone openly.
The two weeks did NOT balance out well. . . .
The Wonderlanders explained that for one week they had done ALL the
things asked of them, perfectly, without complaint, had turned over
ALL the prizes and money to their respective families, the vendors,
those involved with their particular events, had done very well.
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