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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Back at the circus camp, Rosita went into her wagon and<br />
fetched a notebook. On the cover, she wrote in large<br />
artistic letters: The Rescue Plan for the <strong>Circus</strong>. On the first<br />
page, she wrote, Assessment of the Situation.<br />
Rosita decided she would start by interviewing the key<br />
persons at the circus. Her husband had given her a lot of<br />
important information, but she needed to investigate further.<br />
Budo knew every nut and bolt of the circus equipment and<br />
devices; Chef Andrei could tell her about things that worried<br />
the crew; and the snake woman, Cleopatra, had an almost<br />
mystical connection with the animals of the circus. Rosita<br />
would definitely need to hear what they had to say. But the<br />
clowns, Victor and Hugo, she would skip. They would just<br />
give her two-syllable answers and keep sighing and looking<br />
at each other. The Pommer Boys and The Flying Cosmonauts<br />
were also impossible to interview because Rosita didn’t<br />
know any Polish or Russian.<br />
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