Chapter Six
New Skills
The following day Jonathan had gone. But Amy and Paula had learned something. This farm was the circus’s winter quarters, for the months when touring wasn’t possible. It was where much of the equipment was made. It was where new recruits were broken in, and new skills learned.
And the two girls found they had many skills to learn. Anton taught them how to stoke the furnace. Midnight made them walk a tightrope until they could balance perfectly. Gaia showed them how to groom and muck out the horses, and look after the saddles and other equipment.
Midnight and Gaia had been with the circus for several years and seemed to take its harsh life uncomplainingly, even willingly. Midnight had been on the farm for several months, recuperating after an illness; Gaia had bee
