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Show mit fl .ii flWte . :1s-- f . I'll- I ft- foHhe town Vyoungsters, who turn to help the crew put up the "Big Top" and do other odd The circus has a perennial fascination out animals. jobs. Favorite task of the amateur crewhands is to help feed the full-for- ce "t rr When the circus rolls into town, there's much to do in the few shorty hours before the afternoon's opening performance. One of the first chores is pounding in the tent, stakes. ts are a happy, hungry crowd, and roasted aerial are as much a part of the show as the clowns and job. acrobats. Packaging the nuts Is another Circus-goe- pea-nu- rs early-mornin- g A complete community in itself, the circus takes its kitchen wherever it goes. Here a cook is busy making biscuits for breakfast. . o lit A The elephants have their own breakfast hay. Besides their role as performers, the big pachyderms earn their keep by working, too. "The first morning they help pull up the main tent m ' r f " : iirii"crriii 12 FAMILY WrtKlY MAGAZINE ...MAY 14, 19S4 - |