[00:00.00]The audience burst out laughing
[00:02.24]as the balls fell onto the stage.
[00:05.30]After taking a bow,
[00:06.93]I picked them up and started again.
[00:09.54]This time I managed to hit one of the balls
[00:11.90]in mid-air
[00:12.92]so that it bounced and rolled off the stage.
[00:15.80]The audience screamed with laughter
[00:18.08]and as I hopped off the stage to get the ball,
[00:21.69]I twisted my ankle.
[00:22.98]I grabbed the ball and limped
[00:24.37]back onto the stage.
[00:26.11]It was at this moment that I started having
[00:28.23]thoughts of running off the stage
[00:30.39]and never coming back to school.
[00:33.31]When I'd finally finished,
[00:34.94]I left the stage and speaking to no one,
[00:37.80]I rushed towards the bathroom.
[00:40.38]I felt like a complete failure!
[00:43.49]Suddenly I heard a voice saying
[00:45.27]"There you are!"
[00:46.89]and there was Miss Penny,
[00:48.82]my parents and the Mayor.
[00:51.28]They all had broad smiles on their faces
[00:54.12]and told me how much they loved my performance.
[00:57.61]Obviously the audience thought
[00:59.09]I was the funniest part of the play!
[01:02.08]I realized then that what I had thought
[01:04.28]was a disaster,
[01:05.77]everyone else had thought was wonderful.
[01:09.03]I looked at their faces and realized that
[01:11.10]making people laugh was far better than
[01:13.88]trying to impress them.
[01:15.61]It was at that moment that
[01:17.58]I decided to become a comedian.
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