Bisson_rucker_billys.. - Rudy Rucker

“Shut up,” said the midget. “I’m trying to watch TV.”
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Pretty soon the circus came. They knocked down the door. The midget tried to run
but they had a net. They caught him in the back yard. He was trying to hide behind
the garbage can.
His magic didn’t work in the net. Billy made a face at him.
“He likes to watch TV,” said the circus men. They put him in their wagon. It had a
circus design on it.
“I helped you capture him,” said Billy’s father. “What about my reward?”
“What about my mother?” asked Billy.
“First things first,” said Billy’s father. He held up the reward. It was circus
tickets.
It was neat. There were elephants and clowns and everything.
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Billy had never been to the circus before.
Then he saw the magic midget, way down in the ring. It looked small in the circus,
even far away. It was chained to the monkeys.
“That’s him in the yellow pants,” said Billy’s father.
“He looks stupid,” said Billy. He hated the midget.
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