‘It seems late for the Circus to start,’ Billy B remarked. ‘I remember the performances being held during the day or evening, not after midnight,’ Billy B said. ‘The elephants look sleepy,’ Billy B observed.

‘I have been told that there is always a mystery performance at the Night Circus,’ Chet said. ‘Something unexpected and strange,’ Chet explained. ‘At one show, the zebras danced with the rhinoceros,’ Chet winked.

‘I have always loved the Night Circus,’ Neva J proclaimed. ‘Once a lady came up to me and said she was me 30 years from now,’ Neva J looked wide-eyed. ‘She appeared younger than I am now and had flowing white hair to her waist,’ Neva J explained. ‘The lady at the Night Circus told me that there were many things I did not understand regarding life in the shadows. ‘The Ringleader appeared with a beachball-sized head and a cupi doll grin painted on his face,’ Neva J shuddered. ‘Ringleader said wrong is right and up is down,’ Neva J whispered. ‘His plastered expression was immovable, his eyes were darting constantly and full of malice,’ Neva J cried.

‘In this corner, we have for your entertainment enjoyment people who demonstrate that they can not compete in the arena of survival of the fittest,’ Ringleader proclaimed. ‘In the middle ring we have races of people who are not Americans, although they have citizenship, see how they gather together for protection,’ Ringleader said with his static grin. ‘In the far ring, we have the humble and basic losers who attest that Christianity means to love everyone,’ Ringleader danced on one foot and then the other.

‘Are we in heaven or in hell?’ Jane asked. ‘Have we lost the plot and veered off onto a side road on the path of life?’ Jane commented. ‘I see the Civil Rights movement alongside the abolition of all things Diversity,’ Jane exclaimed!

‘Avoid the Night Circus,’ the Preacher said. ‘Its beauty is enticing its reality is frightening,’ the Preacher admonished. ‘Pray with me in the woods for a little while,’ the Preacher pleaded. ‘Soon the light will reveal what has been hidden in darkness,’ the Preacher said.