been scenting me, welcoming me into the circus family. I heard rumors that the circus had been named after Peanut, but I wasn’t certain about that. No one knew who Peanut belonged to or who he hitched a ride with when we traveled to each location. He was another of the circus’s countless mysteries. He appeared and disappeared like the wind. “Peanut, have you met our new chef yet? What do you think about him?” The crescents in his eyes turned even thinner as he stared at me for a second before he looked away to lick his paw. It was probably stupid of me to talk to the cat, but sometimes I got
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