Let's give up a week to teaching them and then have the circus.' Some people have no idea of the value of time.

And Dora is one of those who do not understand that when you want to do a thing you do want to, and not to do something else, and perhaps your own thing, a week later.
Oswald said the first thing was to collect the performing animals.
'Then perhaps,' he said, 'we may find that they have hidden talents hitherto unsuspected by their harsh masters.' So Denny took a pencil and wrote a list of the animals required.

This is it: LIST OF ANIMALS REQUISITE FOR THE CIRCUS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 1 Bull for bull-fight.

1 Horse for ditto (if possible).

1 Goat to do Alpine feats of daring.