Chapter 20. Our opening segment and... Who's that?
(This next part talks about a sensitive topic, ghosts.)
Narrie Trish Middlecreek with Ben Macentire here at the first big circus day and guess who's opening up with a silly bicycle act?
Momma Lauri!
Cue circus music--> Picture of momma in a clown costume getting squirted by water as she's being pulled by a dog while in the background, half a person is walking through the bleachers...
See there? Yeah, Mandy has a whole crew of student filmographers to film this whole event as we're walking into our first act and...
Ben you see this? Well, I kinda hope someone is recording what I'm seeing because that person just walked through the hay barrels... So, either I'm still dreaming again or this is a really cool magic trick!
"Hi. Good afternoon. Howdy!" Is what I was saying as me and Ben waved into center stage, but all my attention was on that one familiar face.
"And now!" Mr Blister acted as MC of our pretty organized for having no real circus experience circus... "What you have all come to see, and we would not have any of this if not for someones embarrassingly creative idea for a make up birthday party."
Honestly! He did not have to say so many words and embarrass me! "Trisha Narella and Ben Macentire spinning around in circles!"
Picture of me and Ben in our silly costumes, with a sack of candy each to throw to the audience as we rise up.)
Well... After everyone laughed at our ridiculous costumes...
Thanks to Mom and her attitude of, "Honey! If you wear silly costumes, you'll be happy when they laugh at you!" Attitude...
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We carefully climbed up into the hoop that was hovering several inches in the air and as soon after we had a good grip, it started to rise... And well...
As hoop spunned around I lost my place but Ben helped me get into a rhythm and soon, we started throwing parachuted light ups and pieces of candy! It was cool but...
GURGLE~.
I just got dizzy and shifted my body weight and forgot how to slow down and I'm really sorry Ben!
Picture of hoop spinning out of control with Narrie and Ben on it as candy parachutes down on Momma Lauri's clown hair!
Well... It quickly became a nauseous ball of terrifying soup as we spun around and around and like..! I did not throw up on Momma Laurie's head! So there!
I caught my breath and waved and slowed down to a gentle spin as every time I passed the 12 o clock where...
OMG, Momma Laurie must have noticed the ghost too because she just swerved!
"The haunted circus tent." I laughed, Ben looked at me, and although I don't think he could hear me, I promised him, "I'll tell you later."
Soon after, guess what? Well... We looked in our santa clause or bank sacks kinda funny like we rehearsed, and then stepped down and bowed and then waved to everyone and I joked to Ben, "Now! Lets go get some of that deep fried carnival food!"
Ben looked at me... Like, "Just joking! I know that we have a show later!"
But then...
(Picture of ghost standing in a hay barrel as Sunny comes over.)
"Narrie, what's wrong?" Ben asked as Sunny came running and jumped through the dust that I thought was waving to me.
"So..." He playfully took my hand like we practiced it one of us ever needs an extra hand and led me outside with Sunny, "You said the tent is haunted???"
"Wait..." Sunny looked around and laughed, "Really?"
Now... I would normally love Sunny's "robust" attitude except for one thing..!
What was that? Oh yeah... BTW, Ben is kinda afraid of ghosts... And there's like one that I'm 100 percent certain that I'm not the only one who sees them right there!
(Picture of the three of us standing in front of a circus entrance.)
Well... After the clowns, meaning Momma Laurie and some of those Santas workshop elfs stole the show for a couple of minutes. Our ringmast, Mr Blister announced, "The really cool teacher on a unicycle, Mr Beesly!"
"Downright foolish is what you mean!" Momma Kate huffed, apparently not thinking doing dangerous things is good for a young father to be doing as she told Baby Milo, "And that's you're daddy out there... Lets hope he doesn't brake his back and gives you the childhood you deserve."
"Hey, whats going on anyway?" Sunny asked as we watched Mr Beesly come onto stage and several of the kids laughed at his clown costume with a clown watering flower bee and everything!
"That's..."
"This little flyers papa..." Momma Kate sighed as she and Milo watched the man going a death defying jump over a puddle of water with plush crocodiles and toy fishes as Mr Unicycle from one stone to the next, "Oh, yeah, Mr Beesly, he's going to be your homeroom teacher."
"Okay..." Sunny muttered, "Don't really want to think about that because I won't be here but..!"
She smiled at Mom, then gave her a hug and said, "Thank you for throwing us a really cool circus birthday party!"