I took in the cheering crowd as I grabbed onto my fellow cast members’ hands, and we took our final bows. The audience all stood on their feet, whistling and hooting. Their rapturous applause filled my ears and caused the grin in my mouth to become ever wider.
This was the life.
We bowed once more after we stepped further back onto the stage. As the curtain came down, we waved at our adoring audience. We didn’t move anywhere, as we all knew what would happen next. Sure enough, the curtain rose once more, so we could give one last wave to the audience.
As the curtain dropped for the second time — and we were sure it would not rise again — the stage was silent. Then we all burst out into screams, cheers, claps, and the occasional tear ran down someone’s cheek.
That was it. Our time at Mo
