The colored papers and confetti swung in the late afternoon breeze giving off a kaleidoscope of colors as the fading sunlight reflected off them. It was crowded,noisy and not all that clean what with all the animals in their various stalls and large crowds milling around. It seemed to Mo as though the whole town was here at the circus,watching the animals led through various tricks by the handlers who all wore various multicolored costumes. There was a fire eater performing his tricks to the amusement of a small crowd gathered around him, an elephant raising one foot off the ground and bringing it to rest on a water melon without crushing it. A knife thrower was the next act on stage with a scantily dressed female assistant. Up next came a troupe of acrobats who performed some hair raising stunts that had the crowd on the edge of their seats. The maize harvest had been bountiful this year and as this was the main crop grown by the town, various stands were offering maize in the most in...
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