Send in the Clowns by Judy Delton

Author:Judy Delton [Delton, Judy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-80010-7
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2011-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

Everything was hushed as Roger leaned from one side to the other, trying to keep his balance. He took a few steps—and slipped off. Kevin was right. Roger’s feet landed on the grass.

“He sure didn’t need a helmet,” said Kenny.

Roger tried again. He almost lost his balance a few times, waving his hands in the air. Finally he walked the last few feet along the rope, jumped off, and bowed deeply. He’d made it all the way across.

Now the crowd let loose. They whistled and shouted and clapped.

“What a star!” Max shouted as he slapped Roger on the back. “Well done. Don’t you agree, audience?”

They did agree. They cheered all over again. They loved Roger.

Rachel rolled her eyes.

“All I can say is you really chose the wrong act,” Mary Beth said to Molly. “You could have done that easy.”

Didn’t Mary Beth know Molly was thinking the same thing? Why did she have to rub it in?

“After all that excitement,” said Max, “we’ll take a short break to water the animals. When we come back, another one of our own Sea Bee scouts will give us a great unicycle performance!”

Everyone looked at Sonny. He turned red.

Meanwhile, Kenny went around the tent cleaning up ticket stubs and candy wrappers. Jody wheeled over to the water faucet in the park and filled water dishes for the elephant, the horse, and the dogs. Tim was still taking tickets.

“I surely didn’t expect so many people,” said Mr. Peters.

“I didn’t expect the acts to go so quickly,” said Mrs. Peters. “I wonder if there will be enough acts to fill the time!”

“We can do them all over again,” said Roger. “I can do an encore anytime!”

During the break, Sonny practiced on his unicycle.

“That’s the smallest unicycle I ever saw,” said Rachel. “Sonny can reach out and put his feet on the ground if he loses his balance.”

But Sonny was not doing well. As soon as he got on and began to pedal, the bike fell over. It landed on top of him.

“Rat’s knees, didn’t he practice?” muttered Molly.

Sonny’s dad tried to help out. He ran along, holding the bike up. But as soon as he let go, Sonny toppled over.

“I’ll bet his dad has to hold him up during the act,” said Lisa. “What do you think?”

But suddenly Sonny and his dad left the park with the cycle.

“Where are they going?” asked Roger. “He’s on next!”

“He’s probably scared,” said Rachel. “I would be if I were him. He’s going to make a fool of himself on that thing. I’ll bet he’s running away.”

“There’s supposed to be a helper,” said Kevin. “The circus people are supposed to teach us this stuff.”

But when Max walked by with a can of soda, he said he had no idea how to ride a unicycle. “That’s too hard for me,” he said. “My specialty is the trapeze act.”

“The break is almost over,” said Mary Beth. “Where is Sonny?”

Even Mrs. Peters looked worried. Maybe he did run away, thought Molly.

Finally two women started making music with some homemade instruments that looked like large cooking pots.

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