"THE LIZARD AT THE CIRCUS" - ACT IV

Act 4 – Fame and Fortune …

They always say “… and the rest is history.” Well, in my case, it did change the history. I became the star of the circus. The circus underwent complete makeover, from being all-human circus to being headlined by a lizard. I was the only non-human in the troupe, which made me totally proud of myself.

Let me tell you about the first night I performed. It was the night that I would never forget in my life. The management dressed me up in little gold “clothes”, and the stage was completely gold in color, even including the rope. All the lights were on me so much that I felt so warm and sweating under my uniform. But it was SOOOO worth it.

“Ladies and gentlemen … you are about to see something so extraordinary that you won’t believe your eyes. For the first time in history, allow me to present to you … Ricky the Trapeze Lizard!!!”

Geez… I almost shouted that my name iss Stu, but oh well, I guess Ricky is better as stage name. So, I took a deep breath, and I performed the same routine as I did to attract the boss. At the completion, the audience was completely silent for a while, and then it went berserk. The other circus acts that followed didn’t generate as much noise as I did, and at the end, when the boss presented me to the audience, I got standing ovation from the whole audience.

The following nights the shows were completely sold out. Our circus became SO popular that new shows kept getting added. In fact, we started traveling to other cities, other states, and eventually other countries.

And for me…? I became a celebrity. Remember that I told you that I had the inspiration to walk from the green lizard that I saw on TV? I became more famous than him. Everywhere I went, I could see my pictures in the newspaper, in pamphlets promoting the circus, in the TVs … really everywhere. People were shouting my name when they saw me. I told myself “Stu, you’re finally here!”