Freedom for Diplomacy: Free Circus Tickets

Monday, August 13, 2012

Free Circus Tickets

Rope walker

Ulises got free tickets to go see the circus that is currently in town, so we went. It was a small, run-down circus. I must admit that I've only seen one circus in my entire life (the large circus that would go to Bismarck once a year when I was a kid) and so I have an idea about what constitutes a circus. I guess I have to adjust that view, because this circus was awful. The first couple of acts were entertaining, a rope walker who juggled and even rode a bike on the rope, and a juggler who did some pretty impressive tricks. But after that, the show went down hill. Ulises and I were both depressed by the time we left, feeling that the people and the animals are all being mistreated there. I don't know if I will ever have a desire to see a circus again . . .

The juggler

Food always makes you feel better,
right?

I don't know why he raised his arm for this, but the
sandwich is done!

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