The ringmaster burst into the circus owner’s office in a much disturbed state.

“Boss, it’s awful,” he said. “We’re going to have to cancel the show.”

The owner asked, what was the trouble?

The ringmaster explained that when Matilda, the fat lady, was being hoisted from her truck, the chains broke. She landed on Fester, the sword swallower, who coughed up a dagger, which pierced the heart of Jo-Jo, the dog-faced boy, causing such intense pain that he bit Mandrake, the magician, on the foot, causing an acute case of rabies.

“Egad,” said the owner, “That’s terrible! What’ll we do?”

“Well, boss. There’s not much we can do,” the ringmaster said. “After all, it was just a freak accident.”

— Don Barron, Worley

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