Act 3
I thought long and hard about how to impress the boss. This proved to be quite problematic. On one hand, I had to “buy” time long enough for him to be impressed with my skills, but on the other hand, I needed to make sure that he was not scared of me and tried to kill me. But first, I needed to inspect his office.
The boss’ office was an interesting place. It was a pretty large space, adorned by various awards that the circus had received in the past. Also, it had various human art pieces. As I marvelled the various things in there, one particular thing interested me. It was a pair of bookends in the shape of 2 identical lighthouses. It looked like they were made of stone, as they were extremely heavy. My effort to try to move them was totally useless. Great, this is what I need, I thought. This would be my stage. I just needed to hook up my rope to either end.
For days I’d observed the boss’ daily schedule. The boss seldom stayed in the office actually. He came in the morning, checked his computer for a while, and then he walked around to observe what was happening in the circus tent. Once a while he would come back to his office; either to go back checking his computer, or to have his lunch. It must be nice to have someone actually prepare meals for you, I thought.
Ok, back to my preparations. After observing his daily routine, I came to conclusion that my biggest chance was during his lunch time. Besides, he would be busy with his meal, I thought, so that he wouldn’t be able to kill me right away. Next, I needed to prepare my performance.
As I mentioned before, my show had to be short, but full of “WOW” factor. I decided to be only 2 cartwheels, 1 back and 1 front flip on the rope. Simple, short and sweet, I thought. I couldn’t help thinking this was a crazy idea, but, hey, I wanted to live for something. Although, at that point in time, I myself was not really sure what that “something” was.
Finally, that day arrived. This is what I’m living for, I thought. I waited till the boss sit in his chair and opened up his lunch box. However, things didn’t go well as planned. The boss unfortunately saw me before I managed to perform. He shouted “Hey, there’s a lizard in my office!” and threw some books at me. Luckily I didn’t get hit by them. I quickly run away and for the next few days I hide far far away from the boss’ office. Good thing that he didn’t seem to notice the rope that I hooked on his lighthouse bookends before.
I rethought of my strategy. My timing was completely off, I thought. I should have waited till he started his meal. In addition, I needed to simplify my performance. This time, I planned to do 4 back flips in a quick succession. I thought to myself, this would be the last time. If this plan still fails, I believe that this is not meant for me. With that in mind, I started to ready myself for the second try.
This time, the moon and the stars were apparently aligned. Everything went so well. I waited till the boss started eating, and quickly I jumped onto the rope and quickly performed 4 back flips in a row. Oh man, you should have seen the face of the boss! It was almost like his jaw dropped to the floor! As I was prepared to make my exit, I heard him calling another guy, mumbling something like “You cannot believe what I’ve seen!” With that, I thought I should wait a while and saw what would happen.
The other guy came, and they both stood in front of me, waiting. I thought, this is it. I then performed my original set – 2 cartwheels, 1 back and 1 front flips on the rope. They were both completely mesmerized by my performance, it seems, as they stood for a while speechless and motionless. Then, they both shouted happily as if they found a goldmine. Well, apparently, I AM their goldmine.
What follows was something totally unexpected by me. They captured me and locked me in a cage. I was really afraid, but at that time, I kept telling to myself that they would make me a star, so I didn’t need to worry. It was naive thought, I know, as subsequent events showed. But, I was too scared and too excited at that time, to fully aware of the consequences of my act.
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