WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:10.000 Once upon a time, not long ago and not far away, there was a farm, and on the farm there was a goose. 00:10.000 --> 00:23.000 Find the goose near the windmill, and on the farm there was a horse. Find the horse in the barnyard. 00:24.000 --> 00:28.000 And there's the boot. Now look up. 00:28.000 --> 00:39.000 It's easy to find a goose and a horse on a farm, but I know of a circus with a goose and a horse and a clown. 00:39.000 --> 00:44.000 The circus is in a book, and the book is in a book bag, and the book bag is in the castle. 00:44.000 --> 00:52.000 That's where we'll go. I'll hurry over first and go on the back door so that I can let the drawbridge down and open the big front doors for you. 00:53.000 --> 00:56.000 Are you ready? Here's my castle. 00:56.000 --> 01:25.000 Here we are inside, and here's one little chair for one of you and a bigger chair for two more. 01:25.000 --> 01:32.000 For two more to curl up in, and a rocking chair for someone who likes to rock. 01:32.000 --> 01:43.000 Now look up. Way up. I'll call Rusty. Rusty? 01:43.000 --> 01:50.000 Hi, friendly. Hi, Rusty. How are you? Fine. We saw a goose and a horse on the farm. 01:50.000 --> 01:53.000 A goose and a horse. Oh. 01:53.000 --> 02:00.000 And I told everyone about the goose and the horse. In the book. In the circus. Yes. You know that book. 02:00.000 --> 02:03.000 I know that one. Oh, that's a good one. 02:03.000 --> 02:07.000 That's called Jerome, because he likes circuses. 02:07.000 --> 02:11.000 Oh, he likes circuses very much. 02:11.000 --> 02:16.000 Here you come. Hi, friendly. Hi, Rusty. Hi. 02:16.000 --> 02:22.000 Well, we were talking about circuses. Circuses? Oh, I like circuses. 02:22.000 --> 02:27.000 We were talking about a circus with a horse and a goose. A horse and a goose, yes. 02:27.000 --> 02:33.000 Whoever heard of a horse and a goose and a circus. And a clown. And a clown? 02:33.000 --> 02:39.000 In a circus, a horse and a goose and a clown? Show him, Rusty. I'll show you, Jerome. Here it is. 02:39.000 --> 02:45.000 You have to help a little bit, friendly. What's the clown's name, Rusty? 02:45.000 --> 02:51.000 Well, oh, there it is. Sad eye. The clown. Sad eye, the clown. 02:51.000 --> 02:56.000 It's a circus story. A goose and a horse. Well, you'll see. 02:56.000 --> 03:02.000 Let me put the book up where everyone can see it. I don't know this story. I didn't think so. 03:02.000 --> 03:11.000 Well, I know about circuses, though, with all kinds of camels and lions and tigers, but not a goose and a horse. 03:12.000 --> 03:17.000 Well, you're just waiting to see. And you'll see this clown and a goose and a horse in a circus. 03:17.000 --> 03:26.000 There. Can you see the bull? A little higher, friendly. There. Sad eye, the clown. A circus story. 03:26.000 --> 03:32.000 Written and illustrated by Nils Hugner. It's an Abilard Schumann book. 03:33.000 --> 03:40.000 The circus was coming to town. First, of course, came the parade. At the head of the parade came the band. 03:40.000 --> 03:46.000 And after the band came the circus people riding beautiful horses. 03:48.000 --> 03:58.000 Next came the camels with gaudy saddles. And then came the animal wagons, pulled by heavy work horses. And look. 03:59.000 --> 04:05.000 And giraffe. Giraffe. Look, giraffe. Oh. 04:06.000 --> 04:11.000 After the animal wagons came the elephants with their keepers riding on the heads of the big animals. 04:11.000 --> 04:18.000 And at the very end of the parade came Sad Eye Jim, the clown, carrying Gazi the goose. 04:18.000 --> 04:26.000 They had to be at the end because Gazi had hurt his foot and was very lame. He couldn't keep up with the parade. 04:26.000 --> 04:32.000 So Sad Eye Jim and Gazi got all the dust kicked up by the elephants in front of them. 04:32.000 --> 04:42.000 Oh. See, there's the ghost you're on. Oh, yes. That night under the big tent in the circus everybody was having fun except Sad Eye Jim. 04:42.000 --> 04:49.000 Gazi the goose was an important part of the act and the clown couldn't perform without him. 04:49.000 --> 05:01.000 They sat together outside the tent both looking very unhappy. Through the entrance of the big tent Sad Eye watched the men swinging high up in the air on the trapeze. 05:03.000 --> 05:15.000 He saw the bearback riders in one ring and he watched what? The seal. The sea lion. The sea lion. 05:15.000 --> 05:21.000 He watched the sea lion balance a ball on the tip of its nose. Oh, no. Oh. 05:21.000 --> 05:29.000 He heard the boys and girls in the audience laughing gaily at the other clowns as they ran past the opening in the big circus tent. 05:29.000 --> 05:36.000 Sad Eye did not even smile. Oh. The ring master came and gently tapped him on the shoulder. 05:36.000 --> 05:49.000 People are asking about you, he said. The bearback rider and the snake man tried to cheer the clown but Sad Eye Jim only sank deeper down in his chair holding Gazi the goose in his lap. 05:49.000 --> 05:59.000 The thin man in two small dwarfs came to talk to Sad Eye Jim and at last Don Mustachio the circus owner started to look for Sad Eye Jim. 05:59.000 --> 06:07.000 He looked outside the tent and inside but the clown and Gazi the goose were nowhere to be seen. What do you think happened? 06:07.000 --> 06:14.000 I don't know. Don Mustachio was greatly worried about losing Sad Eye Jim and Gazi the goose. 06:14.000 --> 06:24.000 So he went out to look for him and he came to a farm. Have you seen Sad Eye Jim the clown? The circus owner asked the farmer who lived on the farm? 06:24.000 --> 06:37.000 Well, what would a clown be doing here? The farmer replied. But I'll help you look for him. Together Don Mustachio and the farmer wandered down the road looking here and there. 06:37.000 --> 06:49.000 They passed many cows. See, they passed a flock of geese. But Gazi wasn't with him. Oh, Gazi wasn't in there. Soon they came to the old rail fence. 06:49.000 --> 06:58.000 Don Mustachio had a great deal of trouble climbing the fence. The farmer helped him. Oh, well said the farmer. There is cirrus, my horse. 06:58.000 --> 07:04.000 The grass was so high that only the head and back of the horse could be seen. 07:04.000 --> 07:12.000 Suddenly they saw a goose fly up onto the small horse's back. Oh, there he is. Oh, goodness me, Sadan Mustachio. That's Gazi the goose. 07:12.000 --> 07:20.000 And at the sound of Don Mustachio's voice, Sad Eye Jim jumped up out of the grass where he'd been hiding and started to run. 07:20.000 --> 07:28.000 Oh, he didn't want to be found because he didn't want to be in the circus if Gazi the goose couldn't be with him. That's right. 07:29.000 --> 07:35.000 But cirrus, the horse, cocked the clown's long coattails and held him fast. Here's the part I like. 07:35.000 --> 07:46.000 Or Sad Eye tugged and tugged until suddenly one of his coattails ripped off. Oh, the clown rolled over and over on the ground. Oh, that's pretty funny. 07:46.000 --> 07:55.000 Gazi the goose still perched on the small horse's back and he flapped his wings happily. Oh, and Sad Eye Jim got up again and tried to run. 07:56.000 --> 08:01.000 But cirrus still had the other coattail. Yeah. What do you think happened? Well, all there. 08:01.000 --> 08:07.000 The clown tugged as hard as he could to get away and there was another rip and off came the other coattail. Oh. 08:07.000 --> 08:11.000 And Sad Eye Jim rolled over and over on the green grass. We are. 08:11.000 --> 08:16.000 The clowns are good at rolling. Oh, that was funny. Well, this is terrible. 08:17.000 --> 08:26.000 The farmer. Well, this is wonderful. Cried Don Mustachio as he ran and shook Sad Eye's hand. He liked it too. 08:26.000 --> 08:35.000 To Cyrus's great surprise, Don Mustachio took a roll of bills out of his pocket and he gave the farmer the money and he said, 08:35.000 --> 08:43.000 My friend, cirrus the horse has done us a great favor. Gazi the lame goose can now go back to the circus and ride. 08:43.000 --> 08:49.000 You must come and see them and you'll know what a clown does in the circus. And even Sad Eye Jim nearly smiled. 08:49.000 --> 08:53.000 You see, they bought cirrus to the horse. And Gazi doesn't have to ride in the walk anymore. 08:53.000 --> 08:58.000 The next afternoon, the big tent was crowded with people to see Sad Eye Jim the clown. 08:58.000 --> 09:04.000 And at the end of each of his new coattails, a lump of sugar was tied. Oh. 09:04.000 --> 09:10.000 Behind Sad Eye came Cirrus the small horse with Gazi the goose in the saddle. 09:10.000 --> 09:21.000 As the clown rolled over and over, Gazi flapped his wings, gaily, and Cirrus tugged so hard to get the sugar that both coattails came off, one after another. 09:21.000 --> 09:28.000 The people at the circus thought this was the funniest thing they'd ever seen. And the farmer laughed and laughed and the hot dog man said, 09:28.000 --> 09:33.000 Red hot horses. Red hot horses, awful. He was laughing so hard he forgot he was selling hot dogs. 09:33.000 --> 09:41.000 Who ever heard of red hot horses? Don Mustachia took off his silk hat and bowled behind him. Did Sad Eye Jim smiley? 09:41.000 --> 09:48.000 Gazi the goose honked and Cirrus the horse win it. And all the other circus people cheered. 09:48.000 --> 09:53.000 Oh. That was good friendly. 09:53.000 --> 09:57.000 You see? That was funny. 09:58.000 --> 10:00.000 It was just an accident, wasn't it? 10:00.000 --> 10:01.000 That's an accident, yeah. 10:01.000 --> 10:06.000 Because the horse bit the coattails of the clown and they tore off. 10:06.000 --> 10:11.000 Once Rusty and I, when we went to the circus, we saw an accident that was very funny. 10:11.000 --> 10:13.000 What? Tell him Rusty. 10:13.000 --> 10:22.000 Well, this clown wanted to jump on the back of a horse. And he jumped too hard, he jumped right over the horse. 10:23.000 --> 10:30.000 And the bull, that's not all. He jumped so far over the horse that he ran into a man who was selling cotton candy. 10:30.000 --> 10:32.000 With a big card of cotton candy? 10:32.000 --> 10:39.000 Yeah, and he knocked him down and both of them got cotton candy smeared all over them. 10:39.000 --> 10:41.000 Yeah. They weren't hurt. 10:41.000 --> 10:42.000 Oh, no, they weren't hurt at all. 10:42.000 --> 10:44.000 Because clowns are good at falling down. 10:44.000 --> 10:46.000 Oh, yes, they weren't hurt. 10:46.000 --> 10:47.000 No. 10:48.000 --> 10:50.000 But it was an accident that happened just by accident. 10:50.000 --> 10:55.000 They could do it again, and it would be just as funny if they did it on purpose. 10:55.000 --> 10:56.000 They could, couldn't they? 10:56.000 --> 10:58.000 That's what happened in the book. 10:58.000 --> 10:59.000 Yes. 10:59.000 --> 11:03.000 They could do it again and again and again and again. 11:03.000 --> 11:06.000 Sometimes accidents don't hurt anyone. 11:06.000 --> 11:09.000 Oh, they were just rolling around. 11:09.000 --> 11:13.000 Rusty, would you get the giant fight for me? 11:13.000 --> 11:14.000 Nobody was hurt. 11:14.000 --> 11:16.000 No. 11:16.000 --> 11:18.000 Here's the giant fight. 11:18.000 --> 11:19.000 There. 11:19.000 --> 11:22.000 Oh, I forgot it was too fast. 11:22.000 --> 11:25.000 Are you trying to be a clown, too? 11:25.000 --> 11:27.000 I think he's a very funny clown. 11:27.000 --> 11:28.000 I could be a clown. 11:28.000 --> 11:30.000 Maybe you could, Rusty. 11:30.000 --> 11:33.000 What would we call him? 11:33.000 --> 11:36.000 Rusty the clown. 11:36.000 --> 11:39.000 Well, that'd be nice, too. 11:40.000 --> 11:42.000 Come on. 11:42.000 --> 11:48.000 And I could be the center pole of a big tent and hold it up. 11:48.000 --> 11:50.000 Yes. 11:50.000 --> 11:55.000 Oh, we could call you sleepy eyes at clown. 11:55.000 --> 11:57.000 Oh, good night, Rusty. 11:57.000 --> 11:58.000 Good night, Rusty. 11:58.000 --> 11:59.000 Good night, Jerome. 11:59.000 --> 12:01.000 Good night, friendly. 12:01.000 --> 12:03.000 It is late. 12:03.000 --> 12:06.000 This little chair will be waiting for one of you, 12:06.000 --> 12:09.000 and the rocking chair for another who likes to rock, 12:09.000 --> 12:12.000 and the big arm chair for two more to curl up in 12:12.000 --> 12:14.000 when you come again to work hassle. 12:14.000 --> 12:17.000 Now, I'll close the big front doors and pull up the drawbridge 12:17.000 --> 12:19.000 after you're gone. 12:19.000 --> 12:21.000 Good night. 12:21.000 --> 12:23.000 Good night. 12:36.000 --> 12:39.000 Good night. 13:06.000 --> 13:09.000 Good night. 13:36.000 --> 13:39.000 Good night.