![]() ![]() This story is very much a picture of what happens at Christmas. His father listened, then took his son in his arms and said, "Son, you didn't see the circus. The youngster rushed home to tell his parents what he had seen and how exciting the circus was. Then he stood on the curb and cheered as the rest of the parade moved by. As he watched, a clown came dancing over to him, and the boy put his ticket in the clown's hand. On the day the circus arrived, he went to see the performers and the animals parade through town. The young boy had never seen a circus in his lifetime, so he worked feverishly doing all sorts of jobs to get enough funds to purchase his ticket. One of the boys in the family was really keen to go, but his father told him that he would have to earn the money to pay for his ticket. One day posters were pasted up all over town announcing the arrival of a circus. Certainly luxuries were considered a very distant dream. During the Great Depression that hit Australia in the 1930's, a family, like many families during this time, was struggling to put food on the table. ![]()
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