The Fun Circus!

soapy elephantToday, we went over to the Farmer’s Market.  There is a circus there.  We saw a miniature hippo (we think).  We saw elephants, they got washed, and they got decorated for the circus.Pony We saw some ponies, camels, a zebra, Llamas and some El Pacas.

My favorite was petting the pony! The pony was three months old.Petting

Momma found this poem by Red Skeleton.  I like parts of it.  He wrote it for his Daddy.

The Circus
By Red Skelton

The circus! The magical city
That appears and disappears with the bat of an eye.
A cathedral for children and adults
Made of canvas and trimmed with red wagons.
A sunburst of wheel, pink lemonade and cotton candy.
A temple housing the unity of man and beast…
All performing for the good of their fellow man
With shouts of glory.
The perfomers’ only reward is the echo of the applause
And laughter of children…

How sad it would be if my youth would pass away
And not see the beauty of the big red wagons,
And taste the rare vintage of pink lemonade!
Or become so blasé’ that I couldn’t offer a silent prayer
For the man on the flying trapeze,
Or sigh as I watch him swing to and fro.

P.S.  I got to see two boys spinning on two wheels.  They were practicing for tonight. It looked like “boy stuff”.

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