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"Take me to him."

She did. The tour master was large and fat and, when
he wasn't playing to a crowd, he tended to scowl. "Show
your stuff or get out," he said gruffly.

The clown did a front-flip in the air, then stood on his
hands, then flipped back to his feet.

"So-so," the master said, unimpressed. "Can you do
it on a high platform?"




6 Wielding a Red Sword

The clown nodded. There was no platform handy, so
he scrambled lithely up a tree and took his stance on a
horizontal branch. He repeated his flip and handstand,
then swung himself down, around, and back to the top of

the branch.
The master became more interested. No fear ot

heights, eh? What else can you do?"
"He says he can juggle," Orb explained.
"Jugglers are a dime a dozen. He'd have to be some-
thing special." .

The clown pointed to a collection of knives, used by a
sometime knife-thrower. Then, with permission, he took
five, tossed them up singly, and juggled them. The blades
flashed as they twisted in the air, but no knife dropped

to the ground.

"What else?" the master asked, impressed.

The clown had evidently prepared for this. He went into
a mime act, doing a clever imitation of a warrior whose
sword kept getting in his way. He had no costume and
no sword, but it came across clearly. When he managed
to spear his own foot, the master smiled. When he tried
to sheathe the blade rapidly and passed it through his
crotch instead, the master laughed.

"You got it, mime! Work up a complete act; I'll put
you on pay. We'll call youЧurn, let's see." The master