Nina's First Dance Class It was Nina's 5th birthday and she had just one more present to open. 'What's this?' she asked her parents, pulling away the wrapping paper to reveal something pink - her favourite colour - and shiny. Lifting it out of the paper she soon realised what it was. A leotard! And that could only mean one thing - she was finally allowed to start dance classes.

Nina had been pestering her parents to let her start dancing, just like her older brother Joshua, for ages now, but they had said that she must wait until she was older.

Rushing over to her mum and dad, Nina gave them the biggest hug ever.

'Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is the best present ever. When can I start?'

'We've booked you in at the beginners class at the Gradfield School of Dance this Saturday,' her mum replied. This is where Joshua had been going for a couple of years now and he was loving every minute of it. He had taken his first exam just last month and was eagerly awaiting the results. Nina already could not wait until she could start taking exams.