It’s difficult to hold back your emotions after several hours of stress and weeks of waiting. “Come here sweetie, it was great!” » consoles a father by hugging his daughter to his heart. “Well done, keep going, it was great. You don’t have to be disappointed,” insists a member of the jury, addressing one of the candidates. A few tears appear on saddened faces.
But not on Alice’s, nor James’s, who wear a broad smile. The two CM2 students from Vincennes and Chevilly are the winners of the Val-de-Marnaise final of the Little Reading Champions and have won their ticket for the regional final which takes place this Wednesday, April 24, at the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine). Enough to be “super happy”, exults Alice, who enjoys her happiness slightly apart with her father and her teacher. “I believed it. I knew I could do it. »