Chapter 11

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Alex and Garifeld were holding on the side of the train "AAAHHH!!" They climbed to the top.
Stefano said "Come on! This way!"
Alex said "No, no, no. You come this way!"
Garfield said "Yeah, come on, this is crazy."

Stefano said "Hey Alice, Garfield, watch your head!"

They looked up then they saw the tunnel. 
Alex yelped "Yah!"
Garfield gasped. They ran but managed to do some tricks then they climbed the wall then did a flip making Stefano smile. Stefano gasped when he was them fall and tried to find them "Alice! Garfield!" When he went to the part he saw that they were okay by holding onto the train cars using their claws.
Alex said "We're fine!"
Stefano said "Fantastic! Was that trapeze americano?"
The two then got their claws unstuck.
Alex said "Yeah. Sort of."
Stefano said "Incredible!"
Garifeld said "I hope this is important."
Stefano said "Come this way, Alice and Garfield."
Alex said "By the way, it's "icks" not "iss." Alex. Like New York Knicks."
Stefano said "I know. New York Kniss. Is not hard."
Alex said "Whoa." Stefano turned on the lights to show everyone's achievements "What is this place?"
Stefano said "I know you think we are a stinky, poopy circus, but there is something you must know. There was a time when Circus Zaragoza, we were a great circus! Numero uno in all the Europa! And Vitaly... he was the biggest star of us all. He was fearless. Taking risks. Always new. He jump through the hoop like he could fly!"

It showed Vitaly doing his hoop trick as the crowd cheered 

Vitaly said "Stefano! Make the hoop smaller."
Young Stefano asked shows the hoop "Like this?"
Vitaly said "Smaller."
Young Stefano showed a bit smaller hoop "Like this?"
Vitaly replied "Good!" Vitaly then put olive oil on then ran to the hoop making everyone excited then he went through.

Stefano narrated "It had never been done before, because it was physically impossible! And the people... they loved it!"

"Viva Vitaly!"
Vitaly said "Smaller!" He went through the smaller hoop

Stefano narrated "And the hoop, she got smaller! Like the ring on a finger of the tiniest lady with the slimmest of fingers." It showed the smallest hoop.
"Bravo, Vitaly!"

Stefano narrated "He would not stop pushing! And one fateful day... he push too far."

Vitaly said "Light the hoop on fire!"

Stefano gasped then he lit it, Vitaly prepares the grand finale and tries to go through the hoop, but got burned alive!
Stefano narrated "He fly too close to the sun... and he got burned. Literally. The extra virgin olive oil is extra flammable. And he lost everything. His wife, she run off with a musician. He lost his dignity... his fame... his passion... and his fur. And when it grow back, it is less soft. More like a prickly beard."

Young Stefano said "Scusi. Vitaly!" Vitaly roars angrily making everyone scared and tan off "AAAHHH!!! NOTHING!!!!!"
Stefano narrated "His only passion now is the borscht."

Alex said "Whoa."
Stefan said "He was our inspiration. So when he lost his passion, well... as Vitaly goes, so goes the circus. This is why we need your help."

Garfield asked "What sort of help?"
Stefano replied "You can teach us to do new circus. Americano style! We find a new passion. Make a new show." He jumped onto a chair then he fixed it when he was turned the wrong way. "And we go all the way to US and A! A!" The two looked at each other "I know. It is stupido idea. We are a lost cause." He turned off the light.
Alex said "No, no, no, this isn't stupido. This could work!"
Stefano asked "What?"
Alex replied "What you just said."
Stefano asked "What?"
Alex said "The idea you said. Two seconds ago."
Stefano asked "What?"
Alex said "Your stupido idea!"
Stefano asked "It could?"
Alex said "Stefano, you're a genius!"
Stefano said "No, no, no, no. I am only average intelligence. Some say I'm even slightly below."
Alex said "We are gonna rethink everything anybody's ever known about circus!" Garfield said "We call it Phase 4-7B, wherein, in order to get home, we will come up with something fresh, something amazing, something brand-new!" Alex said "Fresh, never before seen! Off the chain! Something that'll blow that circus promoter away!"

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