| 1) | Peter was ten, and his sister Jane was eight. |
| 2) | They lived in the country ten kilometers from Cardiff. |
| 3) | One day they saw a picture of a circus in the newspaper, |
| 4) | and Jane said to her mother, |
| 5) | 'There's going to be a circus in Cardiff next week. |
| 6) | Please take us there." |
| 7) | The children's mother bought tickets, |
| 8) | and on Saturday evening |
| 9) | Peter and Jane and their parents went to the circus. |
| 10) | The tent was full of people, |
| 11) | and after a quarter of an hour, |
| 12) | the circus began. |
| 13) | A beautiful young girl came in. |
| 14) | She put a cake in her mouth, |
| 15) | and then a big lion came |
| 16) | and took the cake out of her mouth. |
| 17) | A man in a red coat shouted to the people, |
| 18) | "Who's going to do the same for ￡100?" |
| 19) | Nobody answered. |
| 20) | But then a funny man stood up and said, |
| 21) | "All right… but first take the lion away!" |