Mr. Cannelloni's Circus
Mr. Cannelloni’s circus has been operating for generations—ever since his great-grandfather started it one hundred years ago. But with ticket sales dropping and the circus equipment falling into disrepair, the future of Cannelloni’s Circus looks bleak, especially when a strict special inspector arrives to look things over. Luckily Mr. Cannelloni’s wife, Rosita—once a daring tightrope walker—has some new bold stunts in mind. With the help of a snake woman, a strongman, daredevil horsemen, and other circus performers, Rosita launches “Operation Hannibal.” Will her risky rescue plan be enough to save Mr. Cannelloni’s Circus?
Mr. Cannelloni’s circus has been operating for generations—ever since his great-grandfather started it one hundred years ago. But with ticket sales dropping and the circus equipment falling into disrepair, the future of Cannelloni’s Circus looks bleak, especially when a strict special inspector arrives to look things over.
Luckily Mr. Cannelloni’s wife, Rosita—once a daring tightrope walker—has some new bold stunts in mind. With the help of a snake woman, a strongman, daredevil horsemen, and other circus performers, Rosita launches “Operation Hannibal.” Will her risky rescue plan be enough to save Mr. Cannelloni’s Circus?
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The animals ate tons of food. Elvira the elephant guzzled<br />
box loads of vegetables and huge quantities of hay.<br />
Leopold the lion had grown old and lost almost all his teeth.<br />
They now had to feed him the most tender steaks they could<br />
find. And those didn’t come cheap.<br />
The poodles trained by Cannelloni’s wife, Madame Rosita,<br />
constantly needed new barrettes, pompons, and brushes,<br />
and these were not purchased from bargain stores but from<br />
fancy little boutiques.<br />
Poodles are sensitive little creatures who must be treated<br />
delicately. And a certain standard has to be maintained for<br />
the sake of the show, Madame said whenever <strong>Mr</strong>. Cannelloni<br />
brought up the issue of saving money.<br />
Of course, Madame Rosita was right, as always. <strong>Mr</strong>. Cannelloni<br />
found it impossible to argue with her when she looked<br />
at him with her rosy lips pursed together. They had been<br />
married for thirty-five years, and Cannelloni knew quite<br />
well that with certain issues, nothing could change Rosita’s<br />
mind. Even as a young girl, she had had an exceptional<br />
sense of beauty and art. It was precisely this that had caught<br />
the attention of young Cannelloni when he’d first watched<br />
her perform—as a graceful tightrope walker high above the<br />
crowd.<br />
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