Do not thoughtlessly string together statement after statement by the use of the conjunction and. Two or more simple sentences should not be combined into a compound one unless there is a close connection in thought.

Exercise 104. Composition

Copy the following passage, separating it into two or more good sentences:

All at once the door flew open and in danced several little people in white and in their hands they carried long wands and now and then one of them would touch something with its wand and the object would turn very beautiful.