Some of them stop to
watch JoJo, the juggler and they laugh at JoJo jumping up and down,
and twirling plates and bottles, catching them on their way up or down.
It's lots of fun to watch.
Abercrombie walks up to JoJo and whispers in his ear. Then
Abercrombie leaves JoJo; he's in a hurry to begin his adventure-his
secret adventure.
Flattening down to the ground on his stumpy legs and arms,
Abercrombie slithers into the big tent. All the boys and girls and their
mothers and fathers and grandmas and grandpas fill the seats around the
circular rink. They are concentrating on the clowns rolling and tumbling
and standing on the heads and shoulders of other clowns. They are also
watching the elephants ride their huge bicycles.
No one notices Abercrombie, and that is the way Abercrombie wants it.
He doesn't want to be noticed until he is ready.
Carefully, Abercrombie works his way around a circus wagon, looking
back over his shoulder to be sure he is not seen. Quickly, he climbs over
a large red and white striped box, slips around a corner and, fast as an
alligator can, he wiggles up, over the side and into an orange-colored
barrel.
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