Circus Show
When I was five years old, my father took me to circus. It was amazing to my young mind to see men and women of all age, with wild animals, doing feats of different kinds. A minute was not dull throughout the programme.
Circus shows are held in tents specially erected for them. The arena is in the middle where the feats are to be shown. I was fascinated by the colourful clowns, who were making faces at the audience.
The young boys and girls were dressed in colourful clothes. They formed pyramids and did the other atheletic feats. The notes of the band and the floodlights gave an extra-terrestrial look to the atmosphere. Trapeze was the most difficult and dangerous feat, in which three participants took part. Lions, elephants, dogs and monkeys showed different feats and were applauded by the audience.
Now at the age of fifteen, I view a circus with a different attitude. I can understand the hard work done by so many members, their excellent physical and mental discipline, the ring-masters who train the wild animals risking their lives, the deadly-motor-cycle ride through fire and the clowns who imitate the main feats all deserve our appreciation. The world of circus is a different world altogether.
Unfortunately, we are not hearing much of circus these days. Cinema and television have destroyed many live-shows of art and today the worst victim is a circus.
