But this day was special. . .for so many reasons. . . .
The Wonderlanders had placed their torches and candles is just such
a way that each of them melted most of the ice used by each of them
in their performances, so that by the time they had waited out each
final applause, and then taken their candle with them into the edge
of the darkness, their own patch of ice was very much melted away.
As Dimbovitsa spun and spun, she melted away each of the last edges
of ice remaining. . .until she was spinning on the only piece left,
and as her candle grew shorter and shorter, she took on more of the
appearance of a faerie, apparently flying over the ground suspended
just a little. . .by her skates.
Finally she entered her last spins, designed to take her over those
few remaining patches of ice that remained, lit only by her single,
very low candle. . .and each set of spins reduced one more piece of
ice to slush. . .a slush that would look like mud in the sunrise.
And so. . .as she completed her performance, put on her shoes, went
off in the darkness, it appeared the sun would be coming up shortly
. . .so many of the audience simply waited for the sunrise to start
their trip home.
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