Poppy and Fred join the circus
Poppy and Fred join the circus
by Bryony Richardson.
Š Poppy Children 2012. All rights reserved.
Hello, i would like to intrduce
you to Poppy and her dog Fred.
Poppy and Fred like to have adventures and the paticular adventure started when the circus came to
town.
There was a big notice pinned to
a telegraph pole. It said in big bold
letters
NEW ACTS WANTED
THE CIRCUS NEEDS YOU Well that was an offer Poppy could not refuse.
P oppy had a big long think about all the tricks they could do.
Then Poppy put on her favourite tu tu and headed down to the circus
with Fred balancing on her head.
The clown was so happy to see
them, he asked them if it would be
ok if they could start right away as
they were so terribly short staffed
and the show would not be able to
go on with out them
Poppy and Fred looked at each
other and agreed to help the clown.
They had to learn all kinds of tricks
.
Fred learnt to balance a ball on
his nose just like a seal and poppy
learnt to ride a unicycle at the
same time as juggling. She was just
getting the hang of it when all the
boys and girls started rolling in and the big tent was full.
The show was a sell out !
The drums started rolling and circus began.
Poppy and Fred where on.
The first act was easy and
everyone laughed when poppy lost
all the juggling balls and fell off
her unicycle, like it was ment to happen.
In the interval Poppy and Fred were in charge of refreshments,
they had as many different trypes of sweets you could think of all
in big jars, not only that there was
candy floss and toffee Apples, you
name it.
It was hard work because everyone
wanted everything all at the same time.
As soon as the interval was over
it was back to the stage. Poppy held a hoop up high for the lion to jump
through.
There were trapezze artists and a
strong man that could live poppy
above his head with his little finger.
All good things must come to an end and it was time for the great
finali.
Poppy climbed up a tall tall ladder
with fred balancing on her head. Poppy started to walk along the type rope.
The audience were completely silent.
The trick is not to look down. Poppy could feel her knees wobbling,
and Fred got so frightened that his
paws slipped over poppys eyes.
Poppy slipped and landed
doing the splits with Fred still on
her head. The audiences applause
was so load Poppy knew she had to
make it to the other end of the type rope, slowly and steadily she did it.
The audience loved it and as a re-
ward for her courage the everyone
from the circus walked them home. Only poppy and Fred didn’t do a single bit of walking.
The end.
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