Chapter - 2 The Circus

Chapter – 2

The Circus

Today it was Jack’s turn to have a go at making money. He had obviously been thinking about it overnight for he brought up the topic before anyone else could think about it. He suggested that we again capture animals, but instead of selling them we should train them to tricks and make money by displaying them publicly, rareness and exoticness will not be a property the animals would need for it. We again set off reluctantly to capture creatures.

           After 2 hours we again gathered and pooled our finds. Martha had been able to secure a caterpillar, Bill and Jack each had got 2 lizards. I had stumbled upon a lot of bugs again and was overflowing with them. We all began to respectively train our ‘finds’. After 1 hour I was bitten with 3 bugs and was beginning to wonder if I would survive to see tomorrow. Martha’s caterpillar had run away and she was searching for it vain through the undergrowth. Jack and Bill’s lizards were not too eager to stand on their hind feet or roll on their bellies either, so we were faced with another failure. Now it was finally my turn to think of something. I after a lot of hesitation decided that we should save up our money. To be quite honest I had been saving up since I was a child of 3 – 4 years. Yeah, I know the most stupid idea of all. The others stared at me as if I was mad, well I couldn’t blame them, after all I was the only sincere one. Suddenly we were hailed by a voice on the road,”Hey Jonasons, playing a game? Want me to join in?” We all groaned simultaneously. That has to be Uncle Rex, I murmured. His real name isn’t Rex, but Red. We nicknamed him Rex because of his red face and frog legs. He had gone away on a holiday and life had become much more merrier for us, but now he was back, oh gloom! Sure enough, in marched the Rex red face and all.