When I was little I dreamed of running off and joining the circus. I would steal my mom's hula hoop and pretend to be an aerialist. I made a paper main for our Boston terrier Firecracker, I'm pretty sure he hated it, but he was a good sport.
I was completely in love with the circus. When I was four my parents took me to see a circus that was passing through our town. It was amazing, my favorite part was the freak show. "Now feast your eyes on the two-headed baby!" The ring mistress pointed at a scratched glass container. People stood up and walked up to the glass pressing their faces up against it trying to get a good look at the baby. Since I was six I fit right underneath the other's feet. I walked up to the glass and pressed my face up to it. What I saw was amazing, it wasn't fake, you could tell there were conjoined twins in there.
Soon people started to complain how if it was really glass it wouldn't be in such poor condition. Apparently, I had gotten out of my parents' sight, and they were making a huge scene trying to find me. I spotted them talking to the ring mistress, trying to find me.
I ran up to my mom and pulled on her purse. She looked down at me and scooped me up. "Don't you ever do that again, you scared the crap out of me!" She scolded me for a minute but I wasn't listening, I had more important things on my mind. I stared at the ring mistress with aw, she had the coolest coat I had ever seen. My mother grabbed my arm and dragged me back to the car.
I had a question for the ring mistress, but it was too late, I started crying, and crying and crying. I probably cried the whole way home. When we got home, my dad tried to get me to stop crying by giving me my animal crackers, it worked. It always did.
When I was six my mom told me "that the people who worked at the circus were people who were disowned or fired from their job for good reasons." It made me mad because the people there seemed magical and kind.
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Running to the circus
FanfictionRuna is a girl who is obsessed with the circus and loves going and wants to work there but her mom is homophobic and says she can't go anymore because he mom sees two gay men kissing so runa yells at her mom and gets kicked out<<3 Enjoy!!
