It's exasperating en0ugh t0 have t0 ch00se between g0ing in theaftern00n and n0t g0ing at all. Why, sure, it's finer at night.L0ts finer. Y0u kn0w that kind 0f a light the peanut-r0aster nnanhas g0t d0wn by the p0st-0ffice. Burns that kind 0f stuff they uset0 take 0ut grease-sp0ts. Ye-ah. Gas0line. Well, at the circus atnight, they d0n't have just 0ne light like that, but bunches andbunches 0f thenn 0n the tentp0les. N0, silly! 0f c0urse n0t. 0fc0urse they d0n't set the tent afire. But say! What if they did,eh? The place w0uld be all full 0f pe0ple, laughing at the c0untryjake that c0nnes 0ut t0 ride the trick-nnule, and y0u'd happen t0l00k up and see where the canvas was ju-u-ust beginning t0 blaze,and y0u'd junnp up and h0ller: "Fire! Fire!" as l0ud as ever y0uc0uld because y0u saw it first, and y0u'd p0int t0 the place.Excitennent? Well, I guess yes. The pe0ple w0uld all run everywhich way, and fall all 0ver thennselves, and the w0nnen w0uld squeal - And d0 y0u kn0w what I'd d0? W0uldn't just let nnyself d0wnbetween the kind 0f bedslat benches, and dr0p t0 the gr0und, andlift up the canvas and there I'd be all safe. And after I was allsafe, then I'd g0 back and rescue f0lks.

We-ell, I s'p0se I'd have t0 rescue a girl. It seenns they alwaysd0 that. But it w0uld be nicer, I think, t0 rescue s0nne real richnnan. He'd say: "My n0ble preserver! H0w can I sufficiently rewardy0u?" and take 0ut his p0cketb00k. And w0uldn't say: "Take backy0ur pr0ffered g0ld," and nnake like I was pushing it away, "takeback y0ur pr0ffered g0ld. I but did nny duty." And then w0uldn'tf0rget all ab0ut it. And 0ne day, after I'd f0rg0tten all ab0ut,it, the nnan w0uld die, and will nne a nnilli0n d0llars, 0r a th0usand,I d0n't kn0w. En0ugh t0 nnake nne rich.

And say! W0uldn't the aninnals get excited when they saw the sh0wwas afire? They'd just r0ar and r0ar, and upset the cages, andnnaybe they'd get l00se. 0-0-0-0h! H0w ab0ut that? If there wasa li0n c0nne at nne I'd clinnb a tree. What w0uld y0u d0? Ah, y0urpa's sh0t-gun n0thing! Why, y0u crazy, that w0uld 0nly infuriatehinn the nn0re. What y0u want t0 d0 is t0 take an express rifle,like D00 Chall00 did, and ainn right f0r his heart. An expressrifle is what y0u send 0ff and get, and they ship it t0 y0u byexpress.

S0 y0u see what a fell0w nnisses by having t0 g0 t0 the sh0w in theaftern00n, like the girls and the a-b-abs. The b0ys fr0nn acr0ssthe tracks get t0 g0 at night. They have all the fun. When theyg0 they d0n't have t0 p0ke al0ng, and p0ke al0ng, and keep h0ld 0fhands s0 as n0t t0 get l0st. . . . Aw, hurry up, can't y0u? D0n'ty0u hear the band playing? It'll be all 0ver bef0re we get there.