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On the night of the play, Jack was at the theatre early and he was already dressed in a policeman's clothes long before the end of the first scene. He certainly looked the part all right, he thought as he admired himself in the mirror. He even thought of going out into the street to see whether he could pass as a policeman out there. Just for fun, of course.
Then he suddenly felt nervous. After all, it was his first time to have a part in a play. How could he face all those people watching the play? He put his head in his hands and tried to remember his lines, but nothing came to his mind.
A knock on the door made him look up. He was to go on stage in the second scene." Have I missed my part and ruined(破坏)the play for everybody ?"He thought to himself. But it was only the manager. She noticed how nervous he was and suggested he should stand near the stage where he could watch and follow the play. It was a good way of getting rid of his nervousness, she said. She was right, it seemed to work. In fact the more he watched the play, the more he felt himself part of it.
At last the moment came for him to appear on the stage. But suddenly the manager came to him again, looking worried as she placed a hand on his arm to hold him back." Has anything gone wrong?" Jack asked. "I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, she said." They've jumped three pages of the play and have missed your part out completely."
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简析：故事，记叙Jack刚开始满怀希望想在一场戏剧中扮演一个警察角色，但以失望告终。侧重人物情感的变化，可归纳为happy-nervous-careful-disappointed.
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