The “thing” had walked back behind the stage and Roxanne continued with her show.
“While my lovely assistants clear the stage, I’ll perform a little trick.”
Dreamy handed her a bucket out of transparent plastic.
“How much water can be filled into this bucket?”, she asked.
“Ten!”, one shouted. “Fifteen”, said another. Maria shouted “Twenty”, hoping that she would be allowed to go on stage”.
“Twenty? Anyone more than twenty?” Nobody said more.
“Ok. You, who said twenty, please come onto stage.”
Maria was so happy, she finally was allowed to enter the stage and stand beside Roxanne.