They
like him.
"Nah, they cain't. How kin they? They'd cut their feet all to
pieces."
"They kin so. I seen 'em do it. The time I went with Uncle
George I seen a man, a Japanee . . . . Yes, sharp. Cut paper with
'em. . . . A-a-ah, I did so. I guess I know what I seen an' what
I didn't."
The little boys breathe easier, but fearing another onslaught, make
all haste to call attention to the most fascinating one of all, the
picture of a little boy standing up on top of his daddy's head.
And, as if that weren't enough, his daddy is standing up on a
horse and the horse is going round the ring lickety-split. And,
as if these circumstances weren't sufficiently trying, that little
show-boy is standing on only one foot. The other is stuck up in
the air like five minutes to six, and he has hold of his toe with his
hand. I'll bet you can't do that just as you are on the ground, let
alone on your daddy's head, and him on a horse that's going like
sixty. Now you just try it once. Just try it. . . . Aa-ah! Told
you you couldn't.
Now, how the show-actors can do that looks very wonderful to you.
It really is very simple. I'll tell you about it. All show-actors
are born double-jointed. You have only two hip-joints. They have
four. And it's the same all over with them. Where you have only
one joint, they have two.
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