The Circus Comes to Town by Lebbeus Mitchell
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A great gasp went up from the people about Jerry and then some women and men cried out and a girl screamed. "It's mad! It's run amuck!" some one cried, and in an instant there was an uproar of terror as the people left their seats and surged back to higher tiers where they hoped the elephant could not reach them. "It's Jerry! It's Jerry!" came an agonized scream which Jerry, from his seat high in the air on the elephant's trunk, recognized as the voice of Chris. "He'll be killed!" cried Danny's remorseful voice, high and shrill above the uproar. "And it's all my fault!" "Up! Up! Sult Anna!" commanded Jerry, and laughed aloud and waved his arms. Why were all those people afraid? Sult Anna wasn't going to hurt him! All the clowns had come running about the elephant. "It's Jerry Elbow!" exclaimed Whiteface. "It's Gary!" cried a woman's voice from the palanquin on the elephant's back. Jerry looked at her. She was a very pretty woman in a most wonderful sparkling dress, and she leaned forward, extending her arms towards him. Jerry heard the strident voice of the elephant-tender commanding Sult |
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