“Carl,” Donut said, her voice soft. “Did you see who it was, when the curtain opened?” A deep, foreboding feeling washed over me. “No. What did you see?” “It was Ferdinand. I saw him. It was him. They brought Ferdinand down here and changed his memory and turned him into a jerk. He tried to kill Mongo. They’re making it so I’m going to have to fight him.” It roared. The river, it roared.