The Beta's Daughter
They seemed to be dressed as mountains and grass, and they structured themselves so that they looked like the backdrop to a scene.
Someone dressed in black ran out and laid down a silky blue sheet of fabric, and then disappeared behind the others. Slowly, a woman, wearing a white, gauzy dress, approached the fabric. She lay down beside it, and gazed upwards. In reality, she was looking at the domed white of the marquee, but I imagined it was a dark night sky full of stars. I recognised this tale, and I waited excitedly to see what happened next.
A lone man, wearing a raggedy brown suit, crept carefully towards the woman. She didn’t notice him, her gaze fixed on the sky.