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Once on a shimmering night A ballerina danced in the light Her grace and beauty had overcome the boy Who was secretly watching, filled with joy But what the boy does not know is that she's forced to dance, and filled with woe Tears of sorrow streamed from her eyes , and she hoped that someone could hear her cries The boy saw a tear run down her cheek But when he stood up, he heard someone speak A man's voice he had heard from afar It boomed through a door that was ajar "Dance my pretty! Keep dancing on. Dance until the break of dawn! And if you can not dance no more I will throw you into the furnace's core!" The boy was surpri