How Bobby Joined the Circus (1912)
Bobby goes to the circus with his father and little sister. We see them go in the side show and watch with them the Snake Charmer, in her den of serpents, and proceed through the menagerie. As they go in the big tent Bobby makes the acquaintance of some of the attachés and talks to them. When he turns around, expecting to see his father and sister, they are nowhere in sight and he realizes that he has become lost from them. Late in the afternoon he gets tired, and lying down in an empty van, takes a rest, thinking perhaps that he can join the show himself. He sleeps soundly, and when they come to load the van at night Bobby is shut up in it. The next morning when he is discovered, he is getting a little bad treatment when "Big Bill" Haggerty, the boss canvasman, comes along and befriends him. Then Bobby's fun commences. "Big Bill" takes him all around and he sees circus life as it is; stake driving, the blacksmith shop, the cook tent and forming for parade. The performers take a fancy to Bobby and soon he is all made up as a clown. Father, at home, gets a telegram from "Big Bill" telling him that his son is safe and relieves the family's anxiety as to Bobby's whereabouts.
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