Everyone agreed. A letter was written and sent. The village hummed with anticipation.
The Mayor did his best to ensure the benefits would be shared. No one was allowed to rent out more than one room, and the hire of tractors, trailers, porters and guides was spread around the village as fairly as possible. Even so, there were already rumblings that some were going to do better out of the film than others. Everyone knew that. Roxanne's grandfather would be getting the lion share - or rather the bear's share.
Roxanne, like all the young people in the village, could think of little else but the arrival of the film crew. In school the children were as high as kites and quite impossible to teach.
The Dancing Bear, P25
Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Christian Birmingham
ISBN 978-0-00-674511-2
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