________________________________________________________________________________ / A circus foreman was making the rounds inspecting the big top \ | when a scrawny little man entered the tent and walked up to him. "Are | | you the foreman around here?" he asked timidly. "I'd like to join your | | circus; I have what I think is a pretty good act." | | The foreman nodded assent, whereupon the little man hurried over to | | the main pole and rapidly climbed up to the very tip-top of the big top. | | Drawing a deep breath, he hurled himself off into the air and began flapping | | his arms furiously. Amazingly, rather than plummeting to his death the little | | man began to fly all around the poles, lines, trapezes and other obstacles, | | performing astounding feats of aerobatics which ended in a long power dive | | from the top of the tent, pulling up into a gentle feet-first landing beside | | the foreman, who had been nonchalantly watching the whole time. | | "Well," puffed the little man. "What do you think?" | | "That's all you do?" answered the foreman scornfully. "Bird | \ imitations?" / --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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