The circus came to the town where I lived, and I was a real little girl then.

My brother wasn't even born.

And they pitched their tent across the street from where we lived.

And my mother and father were very kind.

And they had them come over to our house and use the outside water faucets to get water for themselves and for the elephants and to cook.

So that was my first time for seeing the circus.

Yeah, it was a real big wing ding on Sunday morning.

We went out the yard and, you know, the men were always riding out on top of the cars.

Out on top because it was so hot in the inside.

And the trains go slow when they're coming into a town, and they could sit up on top of them.

And then, then they'd see some of us like waiting for them, and we'd say, come on, we'll go home.

Out here only for Here.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Come here.

Well, arent you surprised?

- What are you doing down here?

Fine.

I'm really glad to see you - Good.

How are you?

Oh, great.

Great.

I'm going to ride the lead elephant and inspect tonight.

Didn't you know that?

Didn't know that.

Didn't you know that?

Well you don't know anything about the elephants then, do you?

Not from the outside, no.

Only you only know from the inside.

Well, I know from the inside.

Go on go.

I think I've done everything that could possibly be done except a perch pole.

And I can't get up a perch pole.

The most fun I had with snakes was when Josephine.

Whenever she would see me around, she was like, come on, put my cape on and you can do it.

The people you see when you go to the circus.

Yes.

What are you doing here?

I'm not going to tell you Oh, you're circus hopping again.

Arent you, sweetheart.

Oh, good to see you.

Gee you look wonderful.

Oh, great to see you.

Hi.

Isn't it wonderful?

Every once in a while, see if we were together every day.

You know that would be old stuff.

You'd be tired of seeing me and all this.

And you're tired of seeing me.

Never.

We have these once in a while meetings.

Look at the fun we've had in New York.

In New York?

I can't remember the places.

Well, when I when you were painting your house, now, you know that was a day you cooked up some kind of concoction.

Well, I got to go in and change my outfit.

Okay.

What are you doing?

Well, goodbye.

This is a spec costume.

Any time, any place.

See you in Providence, right?

Right, Ill see you.

Bye bye.

You remember the fun we used to have a ring at the side show?

Oh, yeah.

Golly with Joe on her side.

Oh, Joe, all right.

Yeah, I take it you know I never go down.

I never go too far to that.

Well to me you were like a part of the family.

Yeah, I know we were a family.

You remember?

We were a family in those days.

Of course, there's a lot of good friends who no longer with us.

You know, it was about 30 years ago when I saw you.

Do you remember when we used to... when you all.... Its just sounds silly when you think of all the people that I have known.

And who have come and stayed for a week.

And that when the show was here, they would all come and stay awake, whoever got the beds.

I'd always wanted to be a dentist but I was a secretary.

Just a plain ordinary every day.

Secretary.

There was nothing else a girl could do that or teach school.

Well, I was a lot of things I wanted to do.

But it takes a long time to fulfill all your dreams and aspirations.

Just the things that you wanted to do and didn't.