The' was more or less moon, an' I see the el'phant, an' the big wagins--the drivers kind o' noddin' over the dashboards--an' the chariots with canvas covers--I don't know how many of 'em--an' the cages of the tigers an' lions, an' all.

Wa'al, I got up the next mornin' at sun-up an' done my chores; an' after breakfust I set off fer the ten-acre lot where I was mendin' fence.

The ten-acre was the farthest off of any, Homeville way, an' I had my dinner in a tin pail so't I needn't lose no time goin' home at noon, an', as luck would have it, the' wa'n't nobody with me that mornin'.

Wa'al, I got down to the lot an' set to work; but somehow I couldn't git that show out o' my head nohow.

As I said, I hadn't no more notion of goin' to that cirkis 'n I had of kingdom come.