Chapter 3
Impression
Beckwith led them in through a side entrance the entertainers would sometimes use to go inside the big tent. Chances were Kai and her father would use that same doorway, which amounted to nothing more than a flap in the tent’s side. The circus tents she was familiar with had three entrances altogether—the one for the ticket buyers, the small one for the entertainers, and a larger one to accommodate the animals and their handlers. In most cases, that would be the horses.
She was not prepared for the sight of the elephants strolling inside the big ring. Stunned and surprised, Kai paused to stare at the giant pachyderms as they followed one man in single file. The crowd’s applause was infectious, and she clapped her hands together in delight.
“Kai! Come!” Her father r
