Word: seeing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...himself that day he took Billy, his younger brother, to see the circus at the Boston Garden. The place affected him strangely: the smells of sawdust and animal-flesh, grease paint and rope, all got under his skin. The pushing mob didn't satisfy his desire for companionship, and of course, neither did Billy. It was spring, and his fancies had turned to where they usually did at that time of year. As he handed the tickets to the scarlet-clad Cossack at the door, he was complaining to himself, "This is no job for a college...
...See the fat lady, she stamps, she shakes the ground, she wobbles, and she wiggles! Only ten cents, this way, please...
Following Billy's tug, Vag pressed in to see Corpulent Carrie. As he feared, she was aggressive, and eyed Vag and Billy right away. "Say, young man, lemma borrow that kid there a minute for my act. I won't hurt...
...Fifty ponderous pachyderms await you here, ladies and gentlemen! See them lift a man; they trumpet, they bellow and they bawl! Peanuts here, get you peanuts here!" Vag collected a few bags of peanuts, feeling a little better about things in general. At least the elephants couldn't pester him the way the fat lady did! Billy was not so excited about the elephants, thought. In fact, when Vag lifted him up so he could see better, he protested violently that he could see all right on his own feet. He wasn't that small...
...huge strength that attracted him, or their soft and sensitive cars. But whatever it was, he loved to watch them eat peanuts out of his hand, and do amazing tricks at the trainer's command. But as Billy seemed so restless, Vag moved on into the big arena, to see the real show. Just as the sound of music, cracking whips, pistol shots, and cannons came to his car, Billy plucked at his coat. "Gee, I don't feel so good. Let's sit down a while. I don't want to go in there yet." On the very threshold...