The Orphan's Tale

by Pam Jenoff

Keep your eyes down, that has been the lesson of the years of war. No good ever came from noticing the business of others.

The circus is a great equalizer, though; no matter class or race or background, we are all the same here, judged on our talent.

There have been circuses from the times of the Romans and Greeks, our traditions centuries old. We had survived the Middle Ages, the Napoleonic Wars, the Great War. We would survive this, too.

“Sometimes our forever life does not last as long as we think.”

“We circus people see no difference between races or religions.”