 Jerry of the circus We better hurry and get in that mess top before the flag goes down. It's not that late is it sure is everybody in the circus It's over there now having a lunch. What kept us along. Oh, I was helping whitey and we got so busy We forgot all about lunch. I'd say you must have been busy. Hey, you're right. It's not so fast now You're not going in the mess. I'm really Hungry An appetite What Jerry see way out there by those heels how dark it is looks like a dust storm out that way and it looks to me Like it's coming this way This is not so good Jerry. What do you mean? Uncle Dan unless I miss my guests. That's more than a dust storm. Wait a minute Yes, sir. It is Jerry. It's a cyclone. I call Jerry and hidden right this way Let's get in that mess top more in the folks run ahead Jerry. You make better time than I can Oh Come here Jerry honest Mr. Randall Uncle Dan and I just saw it and it's hidden right Quiet quiet everybody quiet listen to me now get out of here and as fast as you can but be orderly about it Get out and you open and lie flat on the ground and stay there until this thing passes Go ahead Jerry and don't forget why flat on the ground if it's a cyclone It'll pick up everything in its path You just get in there one of them in time come on now that you and I get over there and back of that little hill. Come on Let's run for it. I'm coming Just look at that twister coming. It's gonna hit us any minute now Jerry. Here it comes The animals get hurt. That big top would you? What's left of it? There's just one side in the full standard Well Look at that cyclone It's off the last lot of glass Goes right across the street and head right to that group of small frame houses That's a thing those little houses didn't have any more chance than a cracker box when will it stop Hard to say Jerry will come back on the lot again. Let's hope not It looked like it's gonna miss the center of the town. Yep. We get up now Let's play safe and stay right here in the ground for a while. Yes All right, okay rags. It's all over now Just like a lead guess he didn't know what to make of all this The folks over there getting up now. They're slants and hooligan see them. Uh-huh. I wonder where bumps was when that cyclone hit It was in the mess top. I saw him when I ran in well, I guess he got out. All right. Let's get up now Come on Let's go the horse top and see if there was any damage there Just look Jerry the whole circus is a mess Over there. There's one of the dressing wagons turned over on its side. Yeah, look at what's left of the midway There's no doubt about it. There's been thousands of dollars worth of damage done here in the last couple of minutes I don't suppose we'll have a matinee today. Not a chance. In fact, it'll be sometimes before we do another show This much damage can't be repaired so quickly. Hey, you two hold on a minute. Oh, there's slant All right Oh, we're all right. I guess that was a pretty close call for everybody. Huh? Anyone get hurt. Nope so far There hasn't been any report lucky thing. We were all together though and a lucky thing. We all got out of that mess top in time All right, it would have been pretty bad if we were in there when that crystal took it up Were you head and slats? No, we're in particular. I was looking for you Jerry. I was worried I I knew you weren't in the mess top and that's the first time I've ever been late for lunch, too What a break. Oh, here comes Kelly Kelly. Hello. How'd the men and remake out Kelly? And I guess we can't kick none places topsy-turvy, but everything's safe. None of the animals got hurt Oh, that was lucky wasn't it a couple of cages were turned over and there's a few broken wheels They'll have to report they might find some more damage when the boys get the place cleaned up But right now it's hard to take a good check because everything's all covered with hay and sodas I wonder if the horse top was hard hit. I see a piece of that top canvas was torn No, I saw whitey and he said it's all okay over there He got away easier than I did. I thought you said nothing happened in the Menagerie Kelly Well in my excitement, I guess I forgot to tell you that one of me charges got away. What what was that Kelly? It wasn't one of the lions or tigers was it? No, not that bad It was aga the chimpanzee and the kid she was in turned over and broke and she got out They may have been looking all over the lot for her, but I guess she's left it. Oh, that's plenty bad Oh, she's harmless. She'll turn up somewhere before long. She's most likely scared and hiding somewhere That would be like a captive Jim. Sure. We'll find it. Well, I got to get back and take charge while the boys clean up I'll have to quiet those animals if I can they're better than something awful. Well, I'll be seeing ya Okay, Kelly. See you later. So long time It was sure lucky none of the animals got hurt yep There was an awful lot of damage done, but I guess we can thank our lucky stars It wasn't worse if you two don't mind. I think I'll look up mr. Randall and see if I can be of any help That's a good idea, Dan. Mr. Randall probably needs a lot of help You go right along run along now and Jerry and I look around a little and see what we can find to do All right. I'll see you back at the wagon That's the worst thing I've ever seen in my whole life Jerry it all happened so fast Well, it's it's almost unbelievable. I I wonder what mr. Randall's gonna do. That's hard to say it looks bad enough But I'll bet it's a whole lot worse than it looks in hard earned dollars and cents We can't go on to the next town hardly until we repair the damage It's a bigger problem than I can figure out Jerry It'll take a man like Sam Randall to know what the next move is but what's gonna happen when supper time comes There's no cookhouse or a mess 10 say that's right. You haven't had anything to eat yet Oh, I wasn't thinking of that where we'll get you something to eat You and I'll take a walk through the town and see if we can find a restaurant still standing it Let's do in business. No, I'm not hungry slats. Oh, well, all right then But if you wanted something to eat just to speak up Look slats. Look at all the trappings and things hanging from the center poles Sure isn't much left of the big top I wonder What slats? Huh? Oh, oh, nothing nothing Jerry. Come on now. You're gonna say something Well, I was just wondering Jerry if mr. Randall is going to be able to save Well, I just wonder if we'll finish out the season. Do you think it's that bad? Hmm looks that way to me. There's thousands of dollars worth of canvas gone There's nothing left of the seats the midways are total wreck and the salaries are going right on you know It looks bad Jerry Very bad, but if we don't finish the season how mr. Randall ever get enough money to pay for all the damage I don't know I Just don't know you know Murray told me that there was always extra canvas back at winter quarters That can be sent on to us. Oh if there's enough of it Look over there at the wardrobe top for I mean where it was There's nothing sitting there, but a couple of those big boxes of claras. Mm-hmm That means an awful lot of costumes were carried away with that Cyclone. Did you see the big top go up you bet? I did and I'll never forget that site It'll look just like a big balloon with all the ropes hanging to it It just kept turning and twisting all the while and it kept going higher and higher Uh-huh look for all the world like a little piece of paper in a stiff breeze. Yeah, I Don't see how a cyclone can be so strong to be able to pick big things up like that and carry them away You know, I've heard telecyclones taken houses up and carrying them for miles before dropping them to earth again I guess I'll have to believe that after what I saw Hey, listen, what is it Jerry? Don't you hear someone listen now? Didn't you hear them? I don't hear anything Jerry. I know I did I think it's coming from over there in back of the horse top Well, let him go Jerry. He's probably on the trailer something. It's under that piece of canvas see something moving Ah, I heard it then you're right Jerry. It is under that canvas come on You give me a hand with that canvas you take the other end now pull hard and throw it back now that ready. All right Major mine Did you get under there major one time he kept me out of here. There'll be time enough to talk afterwards Yeah, all untied This is a cyclone over with is it all over slats sure major then don't be excited now How did he ever get all tied up with all this rope and he looks like he's tied to the sand bowl well of all things Well, that's if you want to slats. I think it was a fast piece of thinking on my part There you are major Thanks Jerry and what is this about fast-thinking huh? Well, sir. I saw that flame cyclone coming in I knew that well, I realized I'm a little fella and I I didn't want to be taken up and blown away with the wind So I ran over for the blacksmith shop here, and I tied myself to this anvil I figured that a couple of hundred pounds would keep me on all mother That was all right major you betcha that was fast thinking maybe was a good thing this rope was any too Or you might be flying around like a bird right now I didn't have any time for any fancy sailor knots, and I got so twisted up that when this canvas fell on me I couldn't get out. Well, it's all over now and you're safe and sound. Oh, it's so much damage done Well, just wait till you see it major bad, huh? I'll say so another prediction of Rosa Rossi's come true Well, what do you mean major? This is exactly what she meant when she said she saw the circus in hundreds of pieces Now I wonder what she meant when she said mr. Randall won't be able to get all the pieces together again Oh