February 18, 2011

• Ran away with the Circus

  Or just visited the big top in Brazil, with my kids from PETI. The circus is a lot different here than the three-ring Barnabum and Baily or whoever they were that I remember…

  As I was walking there, I passed the makeshift trailers of the troop, and the clown (who is about two feet tall) was leaning out the back window, smoking. The dogs (the only animals in the show) were marking trees. Not much magic. But I have to say, something about a tent (even with a bunch of broken chairs) and costumes (even with rips in them) is magical when you are with a bunch of children.

  and then the boys did their own show:

  

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